SENSE OF SECURITY: The problem of school shootings in America [View all]

JONESBORO, Ark. (KAIT) – They are the calls happening all too often in America. Police are responding to school shootings at a growing rate, nationwide.

“School shootings have been going on for years,” said Jonesboro Police Chief Rick Elliott.

Since 1970, data found 589 people have died because of a school shooting in the United States. Five of those victims were in Northeast Arkansas when two students opened fire at Westside Middle School on March 24, 1998.

Since 1970, more than 2,000 school shootings have been reported. Of those, 948 have taken place since Sandy Hook

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