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Brampton Centennial Secondary School shooting
Brampton Centennial Secondary School shooting
	Michael Slobodian
Location	Brampton, Ontario, Canada
Date	May 28, 1975; 49 years ago ; 11:35 a.m
Target	Margaret Wright, Ross Bronson
Attack type	School shooting; murder-suicide; mass shooting;
Weapons	Marlin Model 444 .444-caliber lever-action rifle; Ruger 10/22 Sporter .22-caliber semi-automatic rifle;
Deaths	3 (including the perpetrator)
Injured	13
Perpetrator	Michael Peter Slobodian
Motive	Revenge against two teachers, as well as the school system

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The Brampton Centennial Secondary School shooting was a school shooting that occurred at Brampton Centennial Secondary School in Brampton, Ontario, Canada on Wednesday, May 28, 1975, at 11:35 a.m. The school closed for the remainder of the week following the shooting, and re-opened the following Monday.

Shooting

Michael Slobodian, a 16-year-old student at the school, had been cutting classes, and teacher Margaret Wright had called his parents to inform them of the issue.^[1] His mother confronted Slobodian about this during a mid-morning break, when Slobodian had gone home. Slobodian then wrote a note to his family, including "I am going to eliminate certain people from this world. Those people are: Mrs. Wright, Mr. Bronson and any other sucker who gets in my way. I am then going to kill myself so as not to be imprisoned."^[1] Ross Bronson was a physics teacher who had recently vetoed one of Slobodian's entries in a science fair. He wanted to get revenge because he hated the school system.^[2]

Slobodian returned to school with two rifles in a guitar case.^[3]^[4] He began by firing at three boys in a washroom, killing fellow student John Slinger and wounding the other two.^[1] He then entered the hallway and continued shooting, wounding several students. He proceeded to an art classroom, killed Wright and wounded two more students. He returned to the hallway and killed himself, adjacent to the art classroom. In addition to the three dead (including himself), Slobodian had wounded 13 others.^[2]

Witnesses of the shooting included students Cathy and Nancy Davis, the daughters of then Ontario Premier William Davis. Another witness was Scott Thompson, of the Kids in the Hall fame, who was in the same English class with Slobodian that was taught by Wright.^[5] Thompson has stated that the 24-year-old Wright, who was six months pregnant, had been his favourite teacher and the first person to encourage his writing talents.^[5]

References

^ ^a ^b ^c Andrew-Gee, Eric (2015-05-23). "Brampton Centennial students still haunted by shooting rampage 40 years on". Toronto Star. Retrieved 2019-02-16.
^ ^a ^b Revenge motivated teen, The Ledger (May 29, 1975)
^ "Slobodian is the first recorded high-school killer in the country". Archived from the original on 2007-11-23. Retrieved 2017-08-25.
^ Youth kills two, self at school, Ellensburg Daily Record (May 29, 1975)
^ ^a ^b Myers, Paul (2018). The Kids in the Hall: One Dumb Guy. House of Anansi Press. pp. 62–63. ISBN 978-1487001834.

External links

"Revisiting A Canadian Tragedy", CBC Sunday

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[40Years-1] Andrew-Gee, Eric (2015-05-23). "Brampton Centennial students still haunted by shooting rampage 40 years on". Toronto Star. Retrieved 2019-02-16.

[fedup-2] Revenge motivated teen, The Ledger (May 29, 1975)

[3] "Slobodian is the first recorded high-school killer in the country". Archived from the original on 2007-11-23. Retrieved 2017-08-25.

[4] Youth kills two, self at school, Ellensburg Daily Record (May 29, 1975)

[Kids-5] Myers, Paul (2018). The Kids in the Hall: One Dumb Guy. House of Anansi Press. pp. 62–63. ISBN 978-1487001834.

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 Slobodian returned to school with two rifles in a guitar case.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.thestar.com/News/article/217023 |title=Slobodian is the first recorded high-school killer in the country |access-date=2017-08-25 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071123144450/http://www.thestar.com/News/article/217023 |archive-date=2007-11-23 |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref>[https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=KwcQAAAAIBAJ&sjid=9o4DAAAAIBAJ&pg=4996,3311890&dq= Youth kills two, self at school], ''[[Ellensburg Daily Record]]'' (May 29, 1975)</ref> He began by firing at three boys in a washroom, killing fellow student John Slinger and wounding the other two.<ref name=40Years>{{cite news |url=https://www.thestar.com/news/gta/2015/05/23/brampton-centennial-students-still-haunted-by-shooting-rampage-40-years-on.html |title=Brampton Centennial students still haunted by shooting rampage 40 years on |first=Eric |last=Andrew-Gee |work=[[Toronto Star]] |date=2015-05-23 |access-date=2019-02-16}}</ref> He then entered the hallway and continued shooting, wounding several students. He proceeded to an art classroom, killed Wright and wounded two more students. He returned to the hallway and killed himself, adjacent to the art classroom. In addition to the three dead (including himself), Slobodian had wounded 13 others.<ref name=fedup>[https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=eNISAAAAIBAJ&sjid=8PoDAAAAIBAJ&pg=3710,7573412&dq= Revenge motivated teen], ''[[The Ledger]]'' (May 29, 1975)</ref>
-Witnesses of the shooting included students Cathy and Nancy Davis, the daughters of then Ontario Premier [[Bill Davis|William Davis]]. Another witness of the shooting was [[Scott Thompson (comedian)|Scott Thompson]], of ''[[The Kids in the Hall (TV series)|The Kids in the Hall]]'' fame, who was in the same English class with Slobodian that was taught by Wright.<ref name=Kids>{{cite book |title=The Kids in the Hall: One Dumb Guy |first=Paul |last=Myers |publisher=[[House of Anansi Press]] |year=2018 |pages=62–63 |ISBN=978-1487001834}}</ref>  Thompson has stated that the 24-year-old Wright, who was six months pregnant, had been his favourite teacher and the first person to encourage his writing talents.<ref name=Kids/>
+Witnesses of the shooting included students Cathy and Nancy Davis, the daughters of then Ontario Premier [[Bill Davis|William Davis]]. Another witness was [[Scott Thompson (actor)|Scott Thompson]], of [[the Kids in the Hall]] fame, who was in the same English class with Slobodian that was taught by Wright.<ref name=Kids>{{cite book |title=The Kids in the Hall: One Dumb Guy |first=Paul |last=Myers |publisher=[[House of Anansi Press]] |year=2018 |pages=62–63 |ISBN=978-1487001834}}</ref>  Thompson has stated that the 24-year-old Wright, who was six months pregnant, had been his favourite teacher and the first person to encourage his writing talents.<ref name=Kids/>
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-* "[https://www.cbc.ca/player/play/1274106332 Revisting A Canadian Tragedy]", ''CBC Sunday''
+* "[https://www.cbc.ca/player/play/1274106332 Revisiting A Canadian Tragedy]", ''CBC Sunday''
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v t e Mass shootings in Canada
1950s	Ear Falls, Ontario (Dec. 25, 1958)
1960s	Coquitlam, British Columbia (Apr. 20, 1965)
1970s	Brampton, Ontario (May 28, 1975) Ottawa, Ontario (Oct. 27, 1975)
1980s	Quebec City, Quebec (May 8, 1984) Montreal, Quebec (Dec. 6, 1989)
1990s	Montreal, Quebec (Aug. 24, 1992) Vernon, British Columbia (Apr. 5, 1996)
2000s	Montreal, Quebec (Sep. 18–20, 2001) Mayerthorpe, Alberta (Mar. 3, 2005) Montreal, Quebec (Sep. 13, 2006)
2010s	Claresholm, Alberta (Dec. 15, 2011) Edmonton, Alberta (Jun. 15, 2012) Toronto, Ontario (Jul. 16, 2012) Moncton, New Brunswick (Jun. 4–6, 2014) Ottawa, Ontario (Oct. 22, 2014) Edmonton, Alberta (Dec. 29, 2014) La Loche, Saskatchewan (Jan. 22, 2016) Quebec City, Quebec (Jan. 29, 2017) Toronto, Ontario (Jul. 22, 2018) Fredericton, New Brunswick (Aug. 10, 2018)
2020s	Nova Scotia (Apr. 18–19, 2020) Saanich, British Columbia (Jun. 28, 2022) Langley, British Columbia (Jul. 25, 2022) Vaughan, Ontario (Dec. 18, 2022)

v t e School shootings in Canada
20th century	Brampton Centennial Secondary School (1975) St. Pius X High School (1975) École polytechnique de Montréal (1989) Concordia University (1992) W. R. Myers High School (1999)
21st century	Dawson College (2006) University of Alberta (2012) La Loche Community School (2016)