Thurston High School shooting
SCHOOL SHOOTING IN SPRINGFIELD, OREGON IN 1998
Kip Kinkel; Kipland Kinkel; Kipland P. Kinkel; Kip Kinkle; Al Warthen; Kipland Philip Kinkel; Thurston high school shooting; Ben Walker (shooting victim)
The Thurston High School shooting occurred on May 21, 1998, at Thurston High School in Springfield, Oregon. 15-year-old freshman student Kipland Kinkel, who had been scheduled to appear at an expulsion hearing the day prior, murdered his parents before killing two of his classmates and wounding 25 others.