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News of tragedy after tragedy can give Americans a sense of learned helplessness about gun violence.

Fourteen mass shootings at U.S. schools since 1999's massacre at Columbine High School in Colorado have killed a total of 169 victims.

At least 185 children, teachers and other people have lost their lives in school shootings since the Columbine High School massacre in 1999, according to a Washington Post database. Over 23 years, the photographs that follow when first responders rush to a massacre begin to look eerily similar.

Local 4's Nick Monacelli visited with survivors of the 1999 Columbine massacre to hear their experiences and advice as Oxford students return to their high school for the first time since the Nov. 30 mass shooting.

Survivors of Columbine have a message for Oxford and for us. They are the only ones with the right words, and you can listen Sunday at 11 p.m. on Local 4 News.

A South Lyon High School student has been charged for a Snapchat threat in which he said it was “time for Columbine part 2,” according to authorities.

Every prospect’s recruitment is unique, but there are some that are more unusual than others. Michigan’s recruitment of Littleton (Col.) Columbine four-star offensive tackle Andrew Gentry, who committed to the Wolverines last week, falls under the latter.

As you grew older, one teacher may have set you in the direction of the next stage of your life; maybe kept you out of trouble.

Two of the students, 15-year-old Alyssa Kucharski and Zavier Lewis, will be charged as adults due to the "serious nature of the charges," the office said.

Two middle school students have been charged with plotting a Columbine-style attack in Lee County, Fla. Lee County Sheriff Carmine Marceno said a 14-year-old and 13-year-old from Harns Marsh Middle School are currently in custody after they were arrested and charged on Thursday with conspiracy to commit a mass shooting. The boys were later identified as Philip Byrd and Conner Pruett. “These ...

Witnesses to the horrors of mass shootings talk about how to survive, move forward In the aftermath of the mass shooting in Boulder, a Columbine survivor, and the family member of an Aurora movie theater shooting victim help a Boulder survivor to cope. They sit down with David Begnaud.

2 mass shootings, 2 Red Flag law opinions One's son was killed in Aurora. One's friend was killed in Columbine. Now two Colorado state representatives disagree on how to prevent future mass shootings.

Dave Cullen, the author of Columbine, an examination of the Columbine High School massacre, spoke Wednesday at Monroe County Community College. That was the takeaway from a lecture by Dave Cullen, the author of Columbine, an examination of the Columbine High School massacre, who spoke to area high schoolers Wednesday afternoon at Monroe County Community College. Since the April 1999 massacre, there have been 230 school shootings, excluding colleges and universities, according to mass disaster reports. To end mass shootings, Cullen said theres a need for stronger depression screenings and mental health resources. For more information on Cullen and the Columbine massacre, visit www.davecullen.com.

A Washington mother says she doesn't regret calling the police on her 17-year-old son, whose journal was allegedly filled with detailed plans about attacking his school on the anniversary of Columbine. "I know a lot of people that go to College Place High School," she said of her son's school. But her son's allegedly violent journal entries make her feel "like I've done something wrong," she said. RELATED STORIESBack-to-School PSA Spotlights Ordinary Items That Might Save Kids' Lives in a ShootingCan a Bulletproof Backpack Save Your Life in a School Shooting? Inside Edition Tests Them OutColumbine School Shooting Survivor Found Dead 20 Years After Massacre

DENVER (Reuters) - Colorado school officials on Wednesday abandoned a $60 million proposal to raze and rebuild Columbine High School in an effort to discourage unwanted attention at the site of one the deadliest school shootings in U.S. history. After receiving community response via an online survey, Glass said on Wednesday that the plan would not go forward. It is clear to me that no consensus direction exits to rebuild the school, Glass said in a written statement. On April 20, 1999, two Columbine students armed with semiautomatic weapons and shotguns stormed the high school, fatally shooting a teacher and 12 classmates before committing suicide in the library. After a massive manhunt, the woman was found dead from a self-inflicted gunshot in the mountains southwest of the school.

The 1999 killings at Columbine dramatically changed how U.S. law enforcement responds to "active shooter" attacks, Washington, D.C., police chief Cathy Lanier tells Anderson Cooper. Based on early information, a law enforcement source questions whether Paris police moved quickly enough into the Bataclan concert hall.

Father of Santa Barbara shooting talks gun control in Washington Richard Martinez, whose son Christopher was shot to death in Santa Barbara, California, last month, reignited the movement for stricter gun laws in the U.S. Martinez visited Washington to meet parents from Newtown, Tucson, and Columbine who know the grief he's feeling. Nancy Cordes reports.