1997 Heath High School shooting

1997 Heath High School shooting
Location of Heath High School is located in the United States
Location of Heath High School
Location of Heath High School
Location of Heath High School (the United States)
Location of Heath High School is located in Kentucky
Location of Heath High School
Location of Heath High School
Location of Heath High School (Kentucky)
LocationWest Paducah, Kentucky, U.S.
Coordinates37°04′44″N 88°47′40″W / 37.0790°N 88.7944°W / 37.0790; -88.7944
DateDecember 1, 1997; 27 years ago (1997-12-01)
7:45 a.m. (CST)
Attack type
School shooting, mass shooting
WeaponRuger MK II .22-caliber pistol[1]
Deaths3
Injured6 (5 by gunfire, 1 by graze)
PerpetratorMichael Adam Carneal
MotiveUndetermined
LitigationLawsuit against two Internet pornography sites, several computer game companies and makers and distributors of the 1994 film Natural Born Killers and the 1995 film The Basketball Diaries by the victims' families.

The Heath High School shooting occurred at Heath High School in West Paducah, Kentucky, on December 1, 1997, when 14-year-old Michael Carneal opened fire on a group of students, killing three and injuring six.

  1. ^ Adams, Lauren (November 20, 2014). "Survivors remember deadly Ky. school shooting 17 years later". WLKY. Retrieved January 28, 2021.

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