Joshua Palacios-Thomas

Death by Force

Hispanic / Latino male, age 15, Joshua Palacios-Thomas was a sophomore in Bethel, Alaska, when the morning of February 19, 1997, began like any other at Bethel Regional High School. Minutes before classes, a 16-year-old classmate, Evan Ramsey, arrived with a 12-gauge shotgun hidden under his jacket and walked into the student commons where Joshua sat with friends. Ramsey raised the shotgun and fired into Joshua's abdomen. Two nearby students were also wounded by the blast. Joshua was rushed out ...Read More

Bethel Regional High School shooting

Alaska Public Media: Twenty years after the Bethel School shooting - Alaska Public Media

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