N is for Nickel Mines, PA

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The account below is from Wikipedia.

On October 2, 2006, a shooting occurred at the West Nickel Mines School, an Amish one-room schoolhouse in the Old Order Amish community of Nickel Mines, a village in Bart Township, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania. The gunman took hostages and shot eight out of ten girls (aged 6–13), killing five, before committing suicide in the schoolhouse.

The shooter used a 9mm handgun. At first, the gunman ordered the girls to line up against the chalkboard and allowed a pregnant woman, three parents with infants, and all remaining boys to exit. At approximately 11:07 a.m., he began shooting the hostages. State troopers immediately approached. As the first trooper in line reached a window, the shooting abruptly stopped; the gunman had committed suicide. During the shooting, he fired at least 13 rounds from his pistol.

Killed:
Naomi Rose Ebersol, age 7, died at the scene
Marian Stoltzfus Fisher, age 13, died at the scene
Anna Mae Stoltzfus, age 12, was declared dead on arrival at Lancaster General Hospital, Lancaster, Pennsylvania
Lena Zook Miller, age 8, died at Milton S. Hershey Medical Center in Hershey, Pennsylvania
Mary Liz Miller, age 7, died at Christiana Hospital in Newark, Delaware

Injured:
Rosanna King, 6 years old
Rachel Ann Stoltzfus, 8 years old
Barbie Fisher, 11 years old
Sarah Ann Stoltzfus, 12 years old
Esther King, 13 years old

I remember this shooting and the aftermath well.  It was after this shooting that many schools began locking their doors during school hours.

Viridian