W. R. Myers High School shooting
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The W. R. Myers High School shooting was a school shooting that occurred on April 28, 1999, at W. R. Myers High School in Taber, Alberta, Canada. The gunman, 14-year-old school dropout Todd Cameron Smith, walked into his school and began firing at students in a hallway, then went to the central hub of the school in front of the band room, killed one student and wounded another. It was the first fatal high-school shooting in Canada since the St. Pius X High School shooting, 24 years earlier.
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W.R. Myers High School shooting | |
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Location | Taber, Alberta, Canada |
Date | April 28, 1999 11:30–12:45 |
Attack type | School shooting |
Weapons | Sawed off .22-caliber Ruger 10/22 semi-automatic rifle |
Deaths | 1 |
Injured | 1 |
Perpetrator | Todd Cameron Smith |
Motive | Bullying |
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