Shooting of Kayla Rolland

Shooting of Kayla Rolland

The shooting of Kayla Rolland occurred at Buell Elementary School in Mount Morris Township, Michigan, United States on February 29, 2000. Six-year-old Dedrick Owens fatally shot classmate Kayla Renee Rolland (May 12, 1993 – February 29, 2000) in a classroom before being taken into police custody. Buell Elementary School closed in 2002.[1] It was part of the Beecher Community School District.

The incident began when 6-year-old Dedrick Owens found a .32-caliber handgun in his uncle's home,[2][3] and brought the firearm to Buell Elementary School. Further in the day, during a changing of classes, Owens fatally shot 6-year-old Kayla Rolland in the presence of a teacher and 22 students, saying to her "I don't like you" before pulling the trigger. The bullets entered her right arm and traveled through her vital organs. At 10:59 a.m. EST, Rolland was pronounced dead at Hurley Medical Center while in cardiac arrest.[4]

Owens then threw the handgun into a wastebasket and fled to a nearby restroom. He was found there, in the corner, by a teacher and was taken into police custody soon after. He was held in custody until the Genesee County Family Independence Agency could determine his placement.[5] He and his two younger siblings have since been placed with an aunt.[6]

At six years of age, Kayla Rolland is believed to be the youngest school shooting victim in U.S. history.[7] Dedrick Owens is the youngest school shooter. Due to Owens' age and lack of ability to form intent, Owens was never charged for the murder. In most U.S. states, six-year-olds are not liable for crimes they commit. In an 1893 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court declared that "children under the age of 7 years could not be guilty of felony, or punished for any capital offense, for within that age the child is conclusively presumed incapable of committing a crime." This is followed in many U.S. states.[8]

Jamelle James, who owned the .32-caliber semiautomatic pistol, eventually pleaded no contest to involuntary manslaughter and spent 2 years and 5 months in prison before eventually being released and living on probation. The other adults involved would be in and out of court systems in the years to follow.[1] Two years later, Buell Elementary School was closed, and was demolished in January 2009.

The incident was documented in the 2002 Michael Moore film Bowling for Columbine.

References

  1. ^ a b Five years after school shooting, Michigan community still in pain Sign on San Diego Retrieved on November 26, 2007
  2. ^ Major U.S. school shootings in the last 10 years Fox News
  3. ^ The Killing of Kayla Time Magazine
  4. ^ Student killed in Michigan elementary school shooting CNN
  5. ^ Michigan first-grader fatally shot by classmate CNN
  6. ^ More Indictments In School Shooting CBS News
  7. ^ Broughton, Philip Delves (2000-03-01). "Shocked pupils tell of shooting by six-year-old". The Daily Telegraph. http://www.telegraph.co.uk/htmlContent.jhtml?html=/archive/2000/03/01/wshot01.html. Retrieved 2007-08-06. 
  8. ^ Dwyer, Kevin and Fiorillo, Juré. True Stories of Law & Order: SVU. 2007: Berkley/Penguin, page 15. ISBN 0425217353)

External links

Coordinates: 43°04′49″N 83°42′20″W / 43.08028°N 83.70556°W / 43.08028; -83.70556


Wikimedia Foundation. 2010.

Игры ⚽ Поможем сделать НИР

Look at other dictionaries:

  • Flint, Michigan — City of Flint   City   Top: Skyline as seen from the Flint River. Middle: GM Powertrain, Longway Planetarium. Bottom: Former si …   Wikipedia

  • Buell Elementary School — was an elementary school in Mount Morris Township, Michigan (approx. 5 miles North of Flint, Michigan). Buell Elementary School closed in 2002.Five years after school shooting, Michigan community still in pain… …   Wikipedia

  • National Rifle Association — (NRA) Zweck: Sportschießen, Sicherheit in der Handhabung von Schusswaffen, Lobbyorganisation Vorsitz: Ron Schmeits …   Deutsch Wikipedia

  • February 2000 — January February March April May June July August September October November December Events* February 6 Tarja Halonen is elected the first Finnish female president. * February 12 Screamin Jay Hawkins, Tom Landry, Charles M. Schulz, and Oliver d …   Wikipedia

  • Tuerie en milieu scolaire — désigne dans cet article les actes criminels ayant entraîné la mort d une ou plusieurs personnes dans l enceinte d un établissement scolaire. Contrairement aux autres formes de violence scolaire, il n y a généralement pas qu une seule… …   Wikipédia en Français

  • Anexo:Ataques perpetrados en centros educativos — El texto que sigue es una traducción defectuosa o incompleta. Si quieres colaborar con Wikipedia, busca el artículo original y mejora o finaliza esta traducción. Puedes dar aviso al autor principal del artículo pegando el siguiente código en su… …   Wikipedia Español

Share the article and excerpts

Direct link
Do a right-click on the link above
and select “Copy Link”