Once Upon A Crime18 Sep 2023

School’s Out…Forever: The Frontier Middle School Shooting

In this month’s series, I detail crimes that happened on school campuses. In 1996, a 14-year-old walked into his 8th-grade math class and opened fire. This early school shooting would shock his community and spark a nationwide debate about violence in the media, school bullying, mental health, and gun control. But what was the real reason Barry Loukaitis brought terror to his classroom? Sources: State v. Loukaitis, Appeal from the Superior Court for Grant County, Decided July 2, 1996. https://casetext.com/case/state-v-loukaitis Teacher Tells Court Of Classroom Horror Witness Describes Negotiating With An Armed Loukaitis, Finally Subduing Him, The Spokesman-Review, Sept. 5, 1997. https://www.spokesman.com/stories/1997/sep/05/teacher-tells-court-of-classroom-horror-witness/ A teacher and two students die in shooting rampage at Frontier Junior High School in Moses Lake on February 2, 1996, HistoryLink.org, 2/7/2020 https://www.historylink.org/File/20965 Full letter from Jon Lane, the teacher who tackled Moses Lake school shooter, KIRO7.com News, 2/28/2018 https://www.kiro7.com/news/local/full-letter-from-jon-lane-teacher-whotackled-moses-lake-school-shooter/708789938/ Scarred By Killings, Moses Lake Asks: ''What Has This Town Become?'' | The Seattle Times Media Links: Natural Born Killers - Trailer https://youtu.be/XpLKNclOtLg?si=XAJxF31AkCcRJTWN Natural Born Killers - Copycat crimes https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Natural_Born_Killers_copycat_crimes Rage by Richard Bachman/Stephen King: https://archive.org/stream/standthe/Rage_djvu.txt Stephen King: Why the U.S. must introduce limited gun controls, Feb 7, 2013 https://www.theguardian.com/books/2013/feb/01/stephen-king-pulled-book-gun-controls Links: Once Upon a Crime on YouTube - https://www.youtube.com/@OnceUponACrimePodcast Join our Patreon for bonus episodes, ad-free episodes, and members-only perks! www.patreon.com/onceuponacrime

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