thurston school shooting

Saturday was National Gun Violence Awareness Day, part of the “Wear Orange Weekend” observation.

This weekend marks 25 years since Thurston High School student Kip Kinkel murdered his parents, then opened fire on classmates in a cafeteria the next day.

An attorney for convicted school shooter Kip Kinkel has petitioned the Oregon Supreme Court, saying Kinkel is legally entitled to a hearing to determine if he’s capable of rehabilitation. The filing comes almost 25 years after the Thurston School Shooting, for which Kinkel was sentenced to more than a century behind bars.

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