Violence in Schools It was a pleasant, peaceful morning at Heritage High School near Conyers, Georgia, a town east of Atlanta, until chaos rang out through the halls. It was May 20,1999, one month after the Columbine tragedy when a student opened fire. A 15-year-old sophomore fired the shots in a common area around 8 a.m. because he was upset over a broken romance. There were no life threatening injuries, but six schoolmates were injured. The …showed first 75 words of 957 total…

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