What the records say
- When
- 26 Nov 1985
- Kind
- Shooting
- Killed
- 3
- Coordinates
- 47.12° N, 122.43° W
- Description
- 1985 school shooting in Spanaway, Washington, US
Placed at the area, not an exact site.
Spanaway Junior High School shooting
1985 school shooting in Spanaway, Washington, US
On November 26, 1985, a school shooting occurred in the schoolyard of Spanaway Junior High School in Spanaway, Washington, United States. Heather Smith, a 14-year-old freshman student, arrived outside the school gymnasium after school with a rifle and planned to kill her ex-boyfriend, 15-year-old Gordon Pickett. She aimed the rifle at Pickett when she first saw him. 14-year-old Christopher Ricco stepped in front of P…
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