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Jonesboro massacre - Definition and Overview

The Jonesboro school massacre occurred on Tuesday, March 24, 1998.

Four students and a teacher were killed by two armed middle school boys in northeastern Jonesboro, Arkansas.

Mitchell Johnson, 13, and Andrew Golden, 11, pulled a school fire alarm and fired into the crowd as people filed out of the Westside Middle School, killing four girls and a teacher, and wounding 11 others. In August 1998, they were both sentenced to confinement until they reached the age of 21, the maximum under Arkansas law.

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Shooters

  • Andrew Golden
  • Mitchell Johnson

Victims, Deceased

  • Natalie Brooks
  • Paige Ann Herring
  • Stephanie Johnson
  • Brittheny R. Varner
  • Shannon Wright (Teacher)

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