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Bellaire

The location of the Bellaire High School shooting should be Bellaire, TX.

Semi-protected edit request on 10 September 2024

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15-year-old shot inside Omaha Northwest High School; suspect in custody should be added with date September 10, 2024, location Omaha, Nebraska deaths 0 injuries 1 total 1 and description can be what I stated before should be added Here is a local news link https://www.wowt.com/2024/09/10/police-responding-shooting-omaha-northwest-high-school/ 2604:2D80:6001:2F00:CC4A:79D7:D449:3D4D (talk) 19:18, 10 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Already done for TheAmazingRaspberry Diff †TyphoonAmpil† (💬 - 📝 - 🌀 - Tools) 10:09, 22 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]

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Request: The following row listed should not be labeled as a school shooting. The victims of the scene were not students or faculty.

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August 18, 2024 Itta Bena, Mississippi 0 2 2 Two people were shot in the parking lot of the Mississippi Valley State University student union.[733]

Suryapolina (talk) 05:00, 14 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Not done: Victims being students or faculty isn't a factor for the list. If it is at a educational facility, it is a school shooting. Cowboygilbert - (talk) ♥ 03:18, 22 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]

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Remove school shooting in West hartford ct at st joesph that injured one person as that is not a shooting. It was just an incident where someone got shot that happened to be on a school campus 64.224.250.93 (talk) 21:06, 10 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Not done:An incident where someone gets shot is a shooting. PianoDan (talk) 17:21, 11 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]

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Hello, I have some proposed additions to this page.

NOV 23, 2017 - Shooting at Manual High School, Denver CO. Woman and two boys shot while in car in Manual Parking Lot on Thanksgiving Day. There was a football game going on in the school field nearby.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oW4AFHDPypo https://www.denver7.com/news/crime/denver-police-responding-to-a-shooting-at-manual-high-school

FEB 13, 2023 - Shooting at East High School, Denver CO.

Luis Garcia was fatally shot while parked on the edge of school property outside of East High School.

https://www.chalkbeat.org/colorado/2024/10/01/luis-garcia-family-sues-denver-public-schools-for-wrongful-death/ https://www.9news.com/article/news/local/parents-reflect-shootings-east-high-school/73-1b4016af-f14a-4431-994b-1b851a928fdd SofiaCharlie (talk) 21:01, 3 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]