Kip Kinkel

Kip Kinkel School Shooter Philip "Kip" Kinkel was born on August 30, 1982 in Springfield Oregon(TruTv). Growing up Kip had an interest in firearms from an early age(PBS). At first his father did not like the idea, but later he enrolled him into a gun safety course and bought him a .22 caliber Ruger long rifle and eventually a 9 mm Glock handgun when he was 15(PBS). During an interview with Newsweek Kip said that his psychologist told his father to "let Kip have the guns, for it will be a

school shooting, which is anything but unremarkable. In addition, the events and description of Kip’s life within the video completely contradict this statement. Kip Kinkel’s life is filled with family, educational, and bullying issues. In fact, he failed at nearly everything he attempted to do. Even before the string of crime began, Kip Kinkel had failed in a plethora of other areas in his life. For example, his relationship with his family was strained at best.

on Frontline, where we follow the life of Kip Kinkel and how he came to shoot and kill both his parents and two students and injure 25 others. It begins with William Kinkel and Faith Zuranski, who give birth to Kip’s older sister, Kristin and then himself, named Kipland. His parents were both Spanish teachers and very respected within the community. Their daughter, Kristin, describes them as nonviolent but with high expectations for their children. As Kip began school, he struggled with learning and

The online documentary filmed by Frontline, The Killer at Thurston High, goes into the life of Kip Kinkel, leading up to him killing his parents, two fellow classmates and injuring 25 more. This film examines Kip Kinkel’s life, looking for clues that lead to him committing this mass murder. Areas that were explored such as his upbringing, social life, his hobbies, and events that led him to seeing a psychologist for depression. All of these areas that the documentary covered show a gradual, consistent

Killer at Thurston High, discussed a teenager named Kip who experienced psychological, emotional, and peer stress in early childhood. Violent and disturbing outburst was often a result of his actions, causing catastrophic traumas to his community and family. The film goes into depth explaining the relationship of Kip’s immediate family and his individual characteristics. The Kinkel family was well known, sophisticated and quite until violence struck. Kip Kinkel’s parents were Spanish teachers who expected

American schools became dangerous places at the end of the twentieth century. Children as young as twelve and thirteen came to school not to study but to shoot as many people as possible. Even as these students transformed schools into war zones, teachers and other students did what they could to restore order and to save lives. In doing so, they became unlikely heroes on America’s latest battlefield. Although violence in schools is nothing new, multiple shootings are. According to the 1999 Annual

Kip Kinkel should be sentenced to life in prison as he is the child who had first killed his two parents then started a school shooting. As a child Kip had show signs of him being a “bad egg “ as he often hanged out with the bad kids and frequent adult video sites. Not only did he hang out with them but he to took part in their activities such as when he tossed rocks over a bridge onto an active road during one of his school trips. Growing up he had always had a thing with explosives and firearms

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Kip Kinkel, who murdered his parents, two classmates, and injured twenty-five others, wrote in his journal, “Killers start sad and crazy.” The expression “school shooting,” refers to firearm violence in any educational institution (Preti). School shootings have become a pandemic in America, but what is causing these people to shoot schools? The top three reasons students say school shootings occur are revenge, bullying, and they do not value life (Gaughan et al.). Psychologist Brad Bushman stated

Those who have studied the case of Kip Kinkel have proposed that he suffered from schizophrenia. Though I am no psychologist, it is my personal opinion that Kip actually suffered from antisocial personality disorder. I base this amateur diagnosis on Kip’s behavior before the shooting and his initial interview afterwards, as well as the testimonies given by the psychologists defending Kip. Early on, Kip showed symptoms of a learning disorder, later to be diagnosed with dyslexia. Since he was being