What the records say
- When
- 1998
- Kind
- Shooting
- Killed
- 4
- Coordinates
- 44.05° N, 122.92° W
- Description
- school shooting in Springfield, Oregon in 1998
- Injured
- 25
1998 Thurston High School shooting
Mass shooting in Oregon, US
On May 21, 1998, 15-year-old freshman student Kipland "Kip" Kinkel opened fire with a semi-automatic rifle in the cafeteria of Thurston High School in Springfield, Oregon, United States, killing two of his classmates and wounding 25 others.
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