Greenville County had a school shooting Thursday, marking the 43rd in SC since 1974
A shooting at a Greenville County school on Thursday that left one student dead was the 43rd reported incident of gunfire at or near a campus in South Carolina since 1974, a national database shows.
Including the latest Greenville tragedy, there have been 43 types of school shootings in the state between 1974 and 2021, according to the K-12 School Shooting Database, maintained by the Naval Postgraduate School’s Center for Homeland Defense and Security.
The research project documents each time a gun is fired at a school or a bullet hits school property. The project collects data from multiple sources, including the U.S. Secret Service, FBI, Department of Education, the media and multiple advocacy groups.
Most of the shooting incidents listed for South Carolina did not involve deaths like what happened in Greenville County.
Jamari Cortez Bonaparte Jackson, 12, was pronounced dead at a hospital on Thursday after he was shot by a fellow student at Tanglewood Middle School earlier in the day. According to Greenville County Sheriff Hobart Lewis, the suspect was found hiding near the school.
The suspect was not identified since he is a juvenile. Also, nobody else was injured during the shooting.
The database lists eight reported shootings at or near schools in South Carolina last year.
Among the more recent was in Columbia on Dec. 16, when a 15-year-old student at Eau Claire High School fired a gun from the parking lot toward a moving car. There were no injuries and the suspect was arrested. Other students were present at the time and were taken to a safe zone.
Another recent shooting happened on Aug. 14, 2021, when three students at Orangeburg-Wilkinson High School in Orangeburg County were injured in a drive-by shooting.
Earlier in the year on March 8, a person was shot during a domestic dispute in the parking lot of Edwards Elementary School in Chesterfield County while classes were underway.
Below is a full list of school shooting incidents in South Carolina between 1974 and 2021 from most recent to oldest, according to the K-12 School Shooting Database.
- Eau Claire High School in Columbia: 12/16/2021
- Central High School in Pageland: 11/04/2021
- Calhoun County High School in St. Matthews: 10/27/2021
- Edwards Elementary School in Chesterfield County: 09/13/2021
- Orangeburg-Wilkinson High School in Orangeburg: 08/18/2021
- Darlington County School District Buses in Hartsville: 08/14/2021
- Chesterfield Elementary School: 03/08/2021
- Ware Shoals High School in Ware Shoals: 05/05/2021
- Brookdale Elementary School in Orangeburg: 07/21/2020
- York County School Bus in Rock Hill: 09/15/2020
- Cane Bay High School in Summerville: 01/17/2020
- South Aiken High School in Aiken: 09/10/2019
- Academy of Hope in Conway: 11/05/2018
- Wilson High School in Florence: 06/22/2017
- South Aiken High School in Aiken: 01/27/2017
- Townville Elementary School in Townville: 09/28/2016
- Southside High School in Greenville: 05/13/2016
- Royal Live Oaks Academy in Hardeeville: 01/22/2015
- Socastee High School in Conway: 09/21/2010
- Caroline Forest High School in Conway: 10/16/2009
- Summerville High School in Summerville: 12/21/2008
- Broad River Elementary School in Burton: 06/17/2007
- Myrtle Beach High School in Myrtle Beach: 03/29/2007
- Butch Fork High School in Irmo: 05/22/2006
- Battery Creek High School in Beaufort: 11/16/2004
- Blackville-Hilda High School in Blackville: 10/12/1995
- Goose Creek High School in Charleston: 03/15/1994
- Spartanburg High School in Spartanburg: 02/18/1994
- Eau Claire High School in Columbia: 01/24/1994
- Garrett High School in Charleston: 02/03/1993
- Lexington High School in Lexington: 02/03/1993
- Greenwood High School in Greenwood: 01/17/1992
- Woodruff High School in Woodruff: 10/15/1991
- Northwest High School in Rock Hill: 04/11/1991
- Woodmont High School in Piedmont: 03/14/1991
- Chester High School in Chester: 12/12/1989
- Oakland Elementary School in Greenwood: 09/26/1988
- West Franklin Elementary School in Anderson: 08/31/1988
- Andrews High School in Andrews: 10/31/1987
- Pendleton High School in Pendleton: 10/30/1984
- CA Brown High School in Charleston: 11/25/1974
- CA Brown High School in Charleston: 11/18/1974
This story was originally published April 1, 2022 at 11:51 AM.
