r/BlackPeopleTwitter ☑️ Sep 05 '24

Country Club Thread DEMAND JUSTICE FOR MASON

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u/Young_KingKush ☑️ Sep 05 '24

Has there even been any Black school shooters? I would more expect a Black kid to have shot somebody at school as opposed to doing a mass shooting at the school.

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u/IgnotusRex Sep 05 '24

Google provided 2 examples.

Tyrone Mitchell in 1984.

Latina Williams in 2008.

Mitchell fired upon an elementary school playground from a balcony across the street. 1 student was killed plus a passerby, as well as wounding many others. Killed himself before police breeched the house. Dude was a whack job.

Williams walked out of one her classes at Louisiana Technical College and then came back in a few minutes later with a .357. Killed 2 classmates then herself. Best guess seems to be that she was suicidal, but she didn't leave a note. She got the gun from a pawnshop the day before.

One happened well before the school shooting epidemic. The other doesn't even get counted as a mass shooting by a 4+ definition. I doubt it had any national news coverage to speak of. I sure don't remember it, and I watched the news almost every day in 2008.