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The Pearl High School shooting was a school shooting that took place on October 1, 1997 at Pearl High School in Pearl, Mississippi in Greater Jackson. The gunman, 16-year-old Luke Woodham (born February 5, 1981), killed two students and injured seven others at his high school. Before the shooting at Pearl High School began, Woodham stabbed and bludgeoned his mother to death in his home. ==Details== The incident began in the morning of October 1, 1997 when Luke Woodham fatally stabbed and bludgeoned his mother, Mary Woodham, as she prepared for a morning jog. At his trial, Woodham claimed that he could not remember killing his mother. Woodham drove his mother's car to Pearl High School. Wearing a trench coat to hide his rifle when he entered the school, Woodham fatally shot Lydia Kaye Dew and Christina Menefee, his former girlfriend, then went on to wound seven others.〔(The Avenger – Murder, Real People Stories : People.com )〕〔(Miss. Schools Eye Security After Conn. Shooting | Jackson Free Press | Jackson, MS )〕〔(DeSoto County, other Mississippi school districts, review safety procedures » The Commercial Appeal )〕〔http://www.clarionledger.com/article/20121218/NEWS/121218002/Connecticut-school-shooting-Newtown-needs-our-prayers-〕〔(Jackson, Miss.: Miss. schools eye security after Conn. shooting | State | The Sun Herald )〕 The school's assistant principal, Joel Myrick, retrieved a .45 caliber semi-automatic pistol from his truck and, spotting Woodham attempting to flee the parking lot after the shooting, shouted for him to stop. After Woodham's mother's car got stuck in the grass, Myrick ordered him out of the car at gunpoint and detained Woodham until police arrived at the scene.〔(The Avenger – Murder, Real People Stories : People.com )〕 Minutes before he started the shooting, Woodham had given the following message to a friend: During the subsequent investigation, Woodham's journal was examined by police. In it, he detailed how he and a friend had tortured his dog: 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Pearl High School shooting」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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