1999 W. R. Myers High School shooting

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On April 28, 1999, 14-year-old Todd Cameron Smith opened fire with a semi-automatic rifle at W. R. Myers High School in Taber, Alberta, Canada, killing one student and injuring another. Smith, a school dropout, was wrestled to the ground by a gym coach at the school. After being taken to the ground, Smith was taken into custody by a school resource officer. It was the first fatal high school shooting in Canada since the St. Pius X High School shooting 24 years earlier. Smith was tried as a juvenile, and in November 2000, Smith pleaded guilty to one count of first-degree murder and two counts of attempted murder and was sentenced to three years in a youth detention center.

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