In 1975, a teenager walked into his high school carrying two rifles in a black guitar case.
This is the story of the first ever mass shooting at a secondary school in Canada, and how it spurred changes to Canadian firearms laws.
More info:
- 1975 SCHOOL SHOOTING: "There were not words to describe this sort of thing..." - Brampton Guardian
- A TRAGEDY’S LONG SHADOW - Toronto Star
- Brampton Centennial has built a memorial to help the 1975 school shooting survivors heal - CBC News
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Severed Affair: The Gruesome Murder of Shad Thyrion, a Law&Crime Original
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