On May 21, 1998, a tragic school shooting at Thurston High School in Springfield, Oregon, claimed the life of 17-year-old male student Mikael Nickolauson. The perpetrator was a 15-year-old expelled student named Kip Kinkel, who had murdered his parents the previous day before carrying out the attack at the school.
The day before the shooting, Kinkel was suspended from Thurston High School for being in possession of a loaded, stolen handgun. After being released into his father's custody,
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