Colin Gray, the father of Apalachee High School shooter Colt Gray, 14, sits in the Barrow County courthouse for his first appearance on Sept. 6, 2024, in Winder, Ga. Brynn Anderson/POOL AP hide caption
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Police maintain a presence following a school lockdown after 911 calls falsely reported a gunman in Oakland Catholic and Pittsburgh Central Catholic schools on March 29, 2023. Jeff Swensen/Getty Images hide caption
Colt Gray, charged as an adult with four counts of murder, sits in a Barrow County courtroom on Friday during his first appearance for the Wednesday shooting at Apalachee High School, in Winder, Ga. Brynn Anderson/AP/Pool hide caption
Law enforcement and first responders respond to Apalachee High School in Winder, Ga., on Wednesday, after a shooting was reported. Christian Monterrosa/AFP via Getty Images hide caption
A Tennessee judge ordered Star News Digital Media, a conservative media organization, and editor-in-chief Michael Leahy to appear in court over its publishing details from allegedly leaked documents about the 2023 Nashville school shooting, while the outlet sues for the same kind of records to be released to the public. George Walker IV/AP hide caption
Kahlil Brown, 18, says teammate Deshaun Hill Jr., the student and quarterback who was shot and killed in 2022, was his best friend. Brown, shown posing for a portrait at the North Community High School football field in Minneapolis on April 9, will attend St. Olaf College in the fall. Caroline Yang for NPR hide caption
Where gun violence is common, some students say physical safety is a top concern
The memorial at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Fla., on Feb. 14, 2023. Five years earlier, 14 students and 3 staff members were killed in a mass shooting at the school. Saul Martinez/Getty Images hide caption
Students from Launch Charter School march on Gun Violence Awareness Day on June 2 last year in Brooklyn, NY. Michael M. Santiago/Getty Images hide caption
'Say Something' tip line in schools flags gun violence threats, study finds
Ethan Crumbley stands with his attorneys Paulette Loftin (left) and Amy Hopp during his senencing hearing in Pontiac, Mich. Parents of students killed at Michigan's Oxford High School described the anguish of losing their children Friday as a judge considered whether Crumbley would serve a life sentence for the 2021 mass shooting. Carlos Osorio/AP hide caption
Michigan high school shooter sentenced to Life in Prison without Parole
The sun sets behind the memorial for the victims of the massacre at Robb Elementary School in August 2022 in Uvalde, Texas. Jordan Vonderhaar/Getty Images hide caption
A student cries after the 2019 attack on a public school in the state of Sao Paulo, Brazil. The attack, by two former students, resulted in 10 deaths, including the attackers, who turned their weapons on themselves. It was one of the deadliest school attacks in the country's history. Nelson Almeida/AFP via Getty Images hide caption
People walk past the Monroe Carell Jr. Children's Hospital at Vanderbilt, in Nashville, Tenn., on Monday, where victims were taken after a shooting at the Covenant School. John Amis/AP hide caption
At a Nashville hospital, the agony of not being able to help school shooting victims
Jennifer Crumbley (left) and James Crumbley (right), the parents of Ethan Crumbley, a teenager accused of killing four students in a shooting at Oxford High School in Oxford, Mich., appear in court in Rochester Hills, Mich., on Feb. 8, 2022. Jennifer and James Crumbley can face trial for involuntary manslaughter, the state appeals court said Thursday. Paul Sancya/AP hide caption
Reagan Gaona stands beside the Unfillable Chair memorial in front of Santa Fe High School in Texas. The memorial is dedicated to the eight students and two teachers killed in a May 2018 shooting. To the left is a sign displaying solidarity with Uvalde, Texas, a city that experienced a similar school shooting in May 2022. Renuka Rayasam/Kaiser Health News hide caption
Columbine Principal Frank DeAngelis listens to his students, survivors of the shooting, in April 2019 as he attends "Columbine 20 Years Later: A Faith-based Remembrance Service" at Waterstone Community Church in Littleton, Colo. A dozen students and one teacher were massacred by two heavily armed students. Joe Amon/AFP via Getty Images hide caption
A small, growing group of survivors advises school leaders after mass shootings
A truck passes crosses placed along the highway to honor the victims killed in the recent school shooting at Robb Elementary School. Eric Gay/AP hide caption
The creator of the FBI mass shooting protocol is 'shocked' by Uvalde police response
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Families hug outside the Willie de Leon Civic Center where grief counseling will be offered in Uvalde, Texas, on May 24. Allison Dinner/AFP via Getty Images hide caption
Ethan Crumbley attends a hearing at Oakland County circuit court in Pontiac, Mich., on Tuesday over where the teen will be detained as he awaits trial. Crumbley, 15, is charged with the fatal shooting of four fellow students and the wounding of seven others, including a teacher, at Oxford High School in November. David Guralnick/Detroit News/Pool/via AP hide caption
The American flag flies at half-staff on Dec. 2, 2021, outside of Oxford High School in Oxford, Mich. Jake May/The Flint Journal via AP, File hide caption
Mourners grieve at Oxford High School in Oxford, Mich., on Wednesday, the day after a gunman opened fire at the school, killing four students and wounding seven other people. Paul Sancya/AP hide caption
People embrace as they visit a makeshift memorial outside of Oxford High School on Wednesday in Oxford, Mich. Scott Olson/Getty Images hide caption
A makeshift memorial seen outside Oxford High School in Oxford, Mich., on Wednesday honors the four students who were fatally shot and seven people who were injured. Scott Olson/Getty Images hide caption
Students hold candles during a prayer vigil after the shootings at Oxford High School on Tuesday in Oxford, Mich. Jake May/The Flint Journal via AP hide caption
Mourners visit a makeshift memorial outside Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Fla., on Feb. 14, 2020, during the two-year anniversary of the Parkland shooting that killed 17 people and injured another 17. Matias J. Ocner/Miami Herald/Tribune News Service/Getty Images hide caption