Ep. 67 - The Westside Middle School Shooting

Mitchell Johnson, 13 years old and Andrew Golden, 11 years old shot and killed their classmates and teacher in Jonesboro, Arkansas on March 24, 1998. Andrew asked to be excused from his class, pulled the fire alarm and joined Mitchell who was waiting in the nearby woods. As the school was evacuating the building the students opened fire. Four students and one teacher were killed, while 10 others were wounded. Listen for more details here.

Sources:
1.) https://www.commercialappeal.com
2.) https://abcnews.go.com
3.) https://www.nbcnews.com
4.) https://www.npr.org
5.) https://www.actionnews5.com
6.) https://murderpedia.org/male.G/g/golden-andrew.htm
7.) https://arktimes.com/general/top-stories/2008/12/05/a-boy-killer-speaks
8.) https://www.arkansasonline.com/westside/#victims
9.) https://www.arkansasonline.com
10.) https://www.arkansasonline.com
11.) https://www.ualrpublicradio.org
 
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