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Paige Ann Herring

Case from Jonesboro, AR dated Mar 24, 1998

Victim Details

Paige Ann Herring

Female

White / Caucasian

Jonesboro

AR

1998-03-24

12

Paige

Ann Herring

07/10/2026

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On March 24, 1998, Paige Ann Herring, a 12-year-old student at Westside Middle School in Jonesboro, Arkansas, was tragically killed in a school shooting orchestrated by two of her classmates. The assailants, 13-year-old Mitchell Johnson and 11-year-old Andrew Golden, executed a meticulously planned attack that resulted in the deaths of Paige and four others, including teacher Shannon Wright and students Natalie Brooks, Stephanie Johnson, and Britthney Varner.

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  • NBC News: Arkansas school shooter who killed five in 1998 dies in head-on car crash
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