Richland High School shooting

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Richland High School shooting
LocationLynnville, Tennessee, United States
DateNovember 15, 1995 (CST)
Attack type
School shooting, murder
Weapons.22-caliber Remington Model 522 Viper semi-automatic rifle
Deaths2
Injured1
PerpetratorJames Ellison Rouse
MotiveRevenge for poor grades

The Richland High School shooting was a school shooting that occurred on Wednesday, November 15, 1995,[1] in Lynnville, Tennessee, a small community located in Giles County. Seventeen-year-old James Ellison "Jamie" Rouse, a senior student at the school, killed one teacher and one student, and seriously wounded another teacher.[2]

Shooting[edit]

Rouse used a .22-calibre Remington Viper semi-automatic rifle,[3] which he hid behind bushes before driving to retrieve his friend. His friend Stephen Abbot drove Jamie the rest of the way to Richland High School. He parked the car outside the school, and Rouse entered through the north entrance hallway. Inside the hallway he confronted teachers Carolyn Yancey and Carolyn Foster.[4]

He then shot both teachers in the head in the view of over fifty students in the hallway. He then aimed his rifle at football coach Ron Shirey; however, he missed and fatally shot freshman Diane Collins in the throat. He was then tackled by a male student and an agriculture teacher, who forcibly took the rifle away from him. Carolyn Foster was killed by a gunshot wound to the head, while Carolyn Yancey survived in serious condition.[2]

Trial[edit]

Rouse was convicted as an adult of one count of first-degree murder, one count of second-degree murder, and one count of first-degree attempted murder. He was sentenced to life in prison without the possibility of parole plus 42 years.[5] As of January 2016 he was up for resentencing due to Miller v. Alabama and Montgomery v. Louisiana.[6][7]

See also[edit]

References[edit]

  1. ^ LAURIE GOODSTEIN and WILLIAM GLABERSON (April 10, 2000). "The Well-Marked Roads to Homicidal Rage". New York Times.
  2. ^ a b Meyer, Richrd E. (22 April 2000). "When The Shooting Stops". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved 17 December 2016.
  3. ^ "School Killers — The List — Crime Library". web.archive.org. Mar 10, 2014. Retrieved Dec 4, 2020.
  4. ^ Rebecca Leung. "The mind of a school killer". 48 Hours. CBS News.
  5. ^ Violence Goes to School Archived October 21, 2014, at the Wayback Machine
  6. ^ "U.S. Supreme Court rules on juvenile offenders". The Daily Herald. Retrieved Dec 4, 2020.
  7. ^ "James Ellison Rouse v. State of Tennessee | Tennessee Administrative Office of the Courts". www.tncourts.gov. Retrieved Dec 4, 2020.


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