Pearl High School shooting

When

1 Oct 1997

Kind

Shooting

Killed

3

Coordinates

32.28° N, 90.13° W

Description

School shooting in Rankin County, Mississippi

Injured

7

Mass shooting in Mississippi, US

On October 1, 1997, a mass shooting took place at Pearl High School in Pearl, Mississippi, United States. Two students were killed and seven others were injured before the perpetrator, 16-year-old 11th grade student Luke Woodham, was apprehended by an armed faculty member. The victims included Woodham's ex-girlfriend and prior to the shooting, he had killed his mother by bludgeoning and stabbing at their home.

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