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The first recorded school shooting was May 18, 1927, Bath, Michigan.
Forty people were killed when farmer Andrew Kehoe, angry over his tax bill, set off dynamite at the local school.
As parents and town folks rushed towards the blast, Kehoe drove back into the school yard. He motioned school superintendent Emory Huyck over to his car, spoke to him briefly, then aimed a shot from his gun into the back seat of his car, setting off more dynamite.
By the time the roar from the two explosions faded, 38 children, the town's postmaster, a retired farmer, the superintendent, two teachers and Kehoe himself were dead. The body of Kehoe's wife was found at their home where Kehoe apparently killed her the morning of the blast.
(This information on Kehoe and the first school shooting was obtained from the Internet under school shooting).
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