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 What happened at Red Lake? March, 2005 Residents of the Red Lake reservation in northern Minnesota struggled to understand a shooting March 21, 2005 that left 10 people dead and seven injured. The gunman was a 16-year-old student at Red Lake High School. He killed himself afterward.
Troubled
teen kills nine, and himselfThe boy first shot his grandfather, then donned the man's police-issue gunbelt and bulletproof vest before heading to the high school, where he shot students and teachers at random (03/21/2005)
Recounting the
horror of shooting spree
Feds: Assault
at Red Lake over in nine minutes
Searching for reasons behind
school shootings
Stories of heroism
and survival
Red Lake chairman
reflects on shooting and its impact
Teacher recalls
"madness" of the Red Lake shootingsTHE VICTIMS 
Shooting victim:
"I never thought he would do this" Sophomore Cody Thunder says he had no idea Jeff Weise posed a threat until the 16-year-old opened fire at Red Lake High School. (03/24/2005) A list of the victims
Easter services and
funerals mark a Minnesota weekend THE SUSPECT 
Who was Jeff Weise?It seems many people knew Jeff Weise, but few knew him well. He's been described as a loner. Students say he was sometimes teased, but rarely responded to the taunts. (03/24/2005)
Web postings hold clues
to Weise's actions
Jeff Weise's enigmatic
Internet persona
Tribal chairman's
son arrested in connection with school shooting
E-mail gives glimpse
into school shooting
THE HEALING 
Starting the long
process of healingOne day after the killings, people gathered to comfort one another and pray. A prayer circle at the Bemidji hospital brought the community, Indian and white, together. (03/22/2005)
Red Lake's children look
to adults for answers
An attempt at healing
on the Red Lake reservation
Students return
to school for cleansing ceremony
Red Lake superintendent
talks about past, present and futureTHE REACTION 
Red Lake stunned by
shooting, and spotlightFamily connections on the reservation are strong. It's hard to find any member of the Red Lake band who's not lost a relative in the shooting. (03/22/2005)
Strong emotions lie
close to the surface THE
FALLOUT
Shooting fuels debate
over safety of Prozac for teens Family members of Jeff Weise say they have questions about the medication he was taking up until the day of the shootings in Red Lake. Weise was taking the antidepressant Prozac. The shootings renewed the controversy over the use of antidepressants in children and adolescents. (03/25/2005)
Quick police response
is big change from Columbine
Red Lake tragedy
may help bridge racial divide
Tensions within
Red Lake tribe reach the surface
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