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NY Student Among Two Dead In Mass Shooting At Virginia College Party: Report
A pre-nursing major and 25-year-old male were identified as the two people killed at party that left five others wounded near Old Dominion in Virginia on Labor Day Weekend, various news reports say. Angelia Aracelis McKnight, a second-year student from New York, and Zabre Miller, 25, both died in the incident on the 5000 block of Killam Avenue around midnight Sunday, Sept. 4, according to NBC News and Norfolk State University. Norfolk Police have informed us that several NSU students have been the victims of a shooting at an isolated off-campus location near 50th Street and Hampton Blvd…
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Fatal Mervo High School Shooting: What We Know
A student has been fatally shot in the head in a parking lot of a Baltimore High School as the first week of school comes to a close, authorities say. The victim was shot in the head after a heated argument around 3 p.m., Friday, Sept. 2 in the parking lot of Mergenthaler Vocational Technical High School, confirm Baltimore Police. BALTIMORE CITY *SHOOTING* TO THE REAR OF 3500 HILLEN RD - MERVO HIGH SCHOOL - 1 GSW TO HEAD - HOMICIDE REQUESTED - SUSPECT IN CUSTODY #BREAKING — Baltimore Metro News (@BaltMetroNews) September 2, 2022 Baltimore City Public Schools issued a statement confirmi…
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All Clear: Police, Feds Investigate New Bomb Threat At Howard University
Howard University in D.C. received another bomb threat on Friday, August 26, officials said. At around 2:30 a.m., the school community was alerted about the threat that targeted the East and West towers, according to the Howard University Department of Public Safety. This threat came to school after another recent threat was made directed at Cook Hall, a freshman dormitory, authorities said. Howard University law enforcement said this threat made to the towers was the eighth bomb threat this year. The university did a campus sweep to ensure the safety of the community and allegedly had le…
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FBI Investigating Maryland HS Football Coach, School Police Detective Amid OT Probe: Reports
The Dunbar High School head football coach and 2021 Ravens High School Coach of the Year is currently being investigated by the FBI for possible overtime and time card fraud, announced officials. Lawrence Smith, who is also a school police detective, is reportedly being investigated after allegations of the crime came forward, announced Baltimore Mayor Brandon Scott. Smith earned around $94,000 in overtime pay on top of his salary between Oct. 2020 and Oct. 2021, over $30,000 more than his $62,500 salary, according to public school district data. "Anything like that you have to take seriou…
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Extreme Heat Causes Dozens To Burn Up During Stafford Public Schools Event
The Stafford County Public School system hosted their teacher and staff convocation, but the extreme heat took quite a toll on the participants, according to WUSA9. On August 5, eight were hospitalized for heat-related emergencies and 100 other school staff members felt ill from the sweltering weather, the website reported. At around 11 a.m., the Fredericksburg Fire and EMS crews were called to the Virginia Credit Union Stadium and many staff members had to be taken into an air-conditioned building, WUSA9 said. The event, which was supposed to run until about 12:30 p.m. bu…
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PA High School Principal Had Years-Long Sexual Relationship With Male Student, Police Say
A high school principal from Pennsylvania was arrested on accusations he had a years-long sexual relationship with a student who viewed him as "an older brother," police said. Roger Freed, principal of the Williamsport Area High School, began a relationship with the then-middle school student in 2015, which turned sexual two years later, the NY Post reports. The pair became close when the victim's brother died of brain cancer, and the abuse continued into the victim's college tenure, NBC News says citing PA State Police. The victim said he felt like he and Freed were "bros" and co…
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Fairfax School Nurse Stole Students' Pills, Gave Them Allergy Meds Instead: Report
Parents at a Fairfax County elementary school learned recently that a school nurse had stolen their children's medication, a newspaper found. The Fairfax Times reported that the Greenbriar East Elementary School health worker was swapping out the meds with allergy pills. The Fairfax County Health Department, which employs school health workers, alerted parents through a letter. “The discrepancy in medication arose from a health department employee diverting medication belonging to students," the letter said, according to NBC4. "We have placed in the employee on admin…
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Woodbridge High School Investigating Hate Symbol Left in Bathroom
A northern Virginia high school principal sent a letter to parents last week after someone drew swastikas and other derogatory messages and images in a bathroom stall. Officials at C.D. Hylton High School in Woodbridge called the school resource officer after someone noticed the Nazi iconography in a boy's bathroom on May 24. There was also vulgar language and lewd images drawn on the stall as well, Prince William County police said. School officials closed the bathroom until they could clean off the images. Police said the messages didn't contain any threats. In a letter…
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Student Stabbed During Fight At Woodbridge High School: Police
A 15-year-old student brought a knife to a Woodbridge high school earlier this week and was stabbed during a fight in the bathroom, police said. Prince William County police said students were arguing just after the start of classes on Wednesday, May 25, in one of the bathrooms at Woodbridge Senior High School. The shouting match became physical and a 15-year-old pulled out a knife and threatened a classmate, which started a brawl for control of the weapon. The boy who brought the knife ended up being stabbed in the melee before they broke up the fight and returned to class…
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Maryland Man Threatens Elementary School With Mass Violence: Sheriff
A Maryland was arrested Wednesday, May 25 for making multiple threats of mass violence towards a school just hours after 19 elementary students and two teachers were killed in a Texas school massacre, authorities said. Earl Benjamin Washington Jr., 46, of Lexington Park, called a business in White Plains and the Gale-Bailey Elementary school making multiple threats of mass violence against them, Tuesday, May 24, the Charles County Sheriff's Office said. "The calls to the specific locations are related to people he knows and is believed to be domestic-related," the sheriff's office…
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VA Toddler Was Abused And Bus Driver, Attendant Let It Happen: Police
A northern Virginia bus driver and her attendant failed to protect a 3-year-old special needs student who was severely injured on their school bus, authorities announced. Rqia Tabite, 36, and Teresa Wessells, 70, both of Falls Church, face an abuse and child neglect charge stemming from an incident earlier this year, Vienna police said. Officers were called to a bus stop on March 18 after a Fairfax County Public Schools bus driver had gotten into an argument with a parent after their child was injured on the bus ride home from school, Vienna police said. It's unclear how the ch…
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Woman Shot In VSU Dorm Days Before Graduation
A woman was shot at a freshman residence hall at Virginia State University's Petersburg campus Sunday, May 1, ABC News 8 reports. Police responded to a call for a shooting at Quad 1 on Lee Street at 7:50 pm on May, 1, where they discovered an adult female suffering from a gunshot wound, according to both Chesterfield and University Police. The woman was rushed to a nearby hospital with injuries, and the campus was placed on lockdown. The University has confirmed that the victim is not a student at the university, as reported by CBS News 6.
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