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curl -X POST \
  'http://laksa152.int.ahrefs:8124/' \
  -H 'Content-Type: text/plain' \
  -H 'X-ClickHouse-Database: crawler3' \
  -H 'Authorization: Basic YXBpOg==' \
  -d 'SELECT getAhrefsURLFromUnparsed(src_unparsed) AS found_url, ifNull(toUnixTimestamp(download_stamp), 0) AS crawl_time, ifNull(toUnixTimestamp(props_url_first_seen), 0) AS first_indexed_time, download_http_code AS http_code, src_unparsed AS src_unparsed, src_root_hash AS src_root_hash, history_drop_reason AS history_drop_reason, meta_title AS meta_title, meta_descriptions AS meta_descriptions, attrs_boilerpipe_text AS attrs_boilerpipe_text, attrs_markdown AS attrs_markdown, attrs_readable_markdown AS attrs_readable_markdown, meta_canonical AS meta_canonical FROM crawler3.page_info_local FINAL PREWHERE (src_root_hash, src_unparsed) IN ((getAhrefsRootHashFromUnparsed(getAhrefsUnparsedNoserviceFromURL(\'https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Killing_of_Kayla_Rolland\')), getAhrefsUnparsedNoserviceFromURL(\'https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Killing_of_Kayla_Rolland\'))) FORMAT JSONEachRow'

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{"found_url":"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Killing_of_Kayla_Rolland","crawl_time":1754891867,"first_indexed_time":0,"http_code":200,"src_unparsed":"org,wikipedia!en,\/wiki\/Killing_of_Kayla_Rolland s443","src_root_hash":"17790707453426894952","history_drop_reason":null,"meta_title":"Killing of Kayla Rolland - Wikipedia","meta_descriptions":[],"attrs_boilerpipe_text":"Shooting in Mount Morris Township, Michigan Kayla Renee Rolland  (May 12, 1993 – February 29, 2000) was an American six-year-old girl from  Mount Morris Township, Michigan , United States, who was fatally shot on February 29, 2000, by a six-year-old classmate at Buell Elementary School in  Beecher Community School District . The boy had found the gun while living at his uncle's house; the house was a  crack house  where guns were frequently traded for drugs.\n The killing drew worldwide attention due to the particularly young ages of the victim and the perpetrator: Rolland was the youngest  school shooting  victim in the United States until the  Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting  in 2012, and her assailant remains the youngest fatal school shooting perpetrator to date. The boy was not charged with murder because of his age. Buell Elementary School closed in 2002 and was demolished in 2009. [ 1 ] Kayla Rolland was killed by a six-year-old male, Dedrick Owens,  first grader  at Buell Elementary School in the  Beecher Community School District , located in  Mount Morris Township, Michigan , near  Flint . His father was in jail for violating his  parole , having previously been convicted for possession of  cocaine  with intent to deliver and burglary. [ 2 ]  Owens had been living with his mother and his eight-year-old brother. She was evicted from her home, having been unable to pay rent with the $175 weekly wage she received from the two jobs she worked under  Michigan 's welfare-to-work program, and both boys then shared a single sofa as a bed at their uncle's house. The home, where his uncle lived with a 19-year-old man, was a  crack house  where guns were frequently traded for drugs. At some point, Dedrick found a loaded  Davis Industries  P-32  .32-caliber handgun  under some blankets. [ 3 ] [ 4 ] Owens was known to have behavioral issues and was made to stay after school nearly every day for  swearing , giving people  the finger ,  pinching , and hitting. Some weeks before the shooting he stabbed a girl with a pencil. Chris Boaz, a seven-year-old classmate, claimed Dedrick once punched him because he would not give him a pickle. The boy had previously attacked Kayla Rolland and, on the day prior to the killing, tried to kiss her and was rebuffed. Early on the day of the shooting, Owens and his brother got into a fight with Boaz's uncle, whom the boy threatened to shoot. [ 4 ] On February 29, 2000, the boy had brought the firearm, along with a  knife , with him to school. During a change of classes, he fatally shot six-year-old Kayla Rolland in the presence of a teacher and 22 students while they were climbing the stairs, saying to her: \"I don't like you\", before pulling the trigger. The bullet entered her right arm and traveled through a vital  artery . He then threw the handgun into a trash basket and fled to a nearby restroom. He was found there, in the corner, by a teacher and was taken into police custody soon after. At 10:29 a.m.  EST , Rolland was pronounced dead at  Hurley Medical Center  while in  cardiac arrest . [ 5 ]  The assailant was held in custody until the  Genesee County Family Independence Agency  could determine his placement. [ 6 ]  He and his two younger siblings were later placed with an aunt. [ 7 ] Her assailant became the youngest school shooter in the United States.  Despite Michigan not having a codified  age of criminal responsibility  he was not charged with any crime based on the legal claim that at that age he would lack the ability to form  intent . In most U.S. states, six-year-olds are not liable for crimes they commit, and the Genesee County Prosecutor Arthur Busch called on the citizens to collectively hug the boy, presumably out of pity and sympathy. In an 1893 ruling, the  U.S. Supreme Court  declared that \"children under the age of seven years could not be guilty of felony, or punished for any capital offense, for within that age the child is conclusively presumed incapable of committing a crime.\" This is followed in many U.S. states. [ 8 ] Jamelle James, the uncle who owned the .32-caliber pistol used in the shooting, was sentenced for leaving the gun in a shoe box in his bedroom. [ 9 ]  He eventually pleaded no contest to involuntary manslaughter and spent two years and five months in prison before he was released on probation. The other adults involved would be in and out of court systems in the years to follow. [ 1 ]  A search of James's house produced a loaded  pump-action shotgun  and a rock of  crack cocaine .\n On the twentieth anniversary of the shooting on February 29, 2020, news media reported that the boy who shot Kayla Rolland was living in  Bay City, Michigan . According to court records, he had been convicted at age 18 of a felony in connection with charges of second-degree home invasion and larceny at a Bay City house on April 23, 2012. [ 10 ] At the time, Kayla Rolland was believed to have been the youngest  school shooting  victim in United States history, which was not surpassed until the  Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting  in December 2012. [ 11 ]   A day after Rolland's death a  shooting spree occurred in Wilkinsburg, Pennsylvania  that killed three and injured two others. In response to the Wilkinsburg case, U.S. President  Bill Clinton  argued for stricter gun laws and mentioned Rolland's case as an example. [ 12 ] Buell Elementary closed in 2002 due to dwindling enrollment and stressed finances. The campus was heavily damaged by  arson  in 2005 and was demolished in 2009. [ 13 ] Rolland's killing was cited by  Michael Moore  in his 2002 film  Bowling for Columbine , which argued for stricter gun control. 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Unsourced material may be challenged and removed. *Find sources:* [\"Killing of Kayla Rolland\"](https:\/\/www.google.com\/search?as_eq=wikipedia&q=%22Killing+of+Kayla+Rolland%22) – [news](https:\/\/www.google.com\/search?tbm=nws&q=%22Killing+of+Kayla+Rolland%22+-wikipedia&tbs=ar:1) **·** [newspapers](https:\/\/www.google.com\/search?&q=%22Killing+of+Kayla+Rolland%22&tbs=bkt:s&tbm=bks) **·** [books](https:\/\/www.google.com\/search?tbs=bks:1&q=%22Killing+of+Kayla+Rolland%22+-wikipedia) **·** [scholar](https:\/\/scholar.google.com\/scholar?q=%22Killing+of+Kayla+Rolland%22) **·** [JSTOR](https:\/\/www.jstor.org\/action\/doBasicSearch?Query=%22Killing+of+Kayla+Rolland%22&acc=on&wc=on) *(January 2020)* *([Learn how and when to remove this message](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Help:Maintenance_template_removal \"Help:Maintenance template removal\"))* |\n\n| Killing of Kayla Rolland |   |\n|---|---|\n| Location | [Mount Morris Township, Michigan](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Mount_Morris_Township,_Michigan \"Mount Morris Township, Michigan\"), U.S. |\n| Date | February 29, 2000; 25 years ago (2000-02-29)  10:29 a.m. ([EST](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Eastern_Time_Zone \"Eastern Time Zone\")) |\n| Attack type | [Child-on-child homicide](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Child-on-child_murder \"Child-on-child murder\") by [shooting](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Gun_violence_in_the_United_States \"Gun violence in the United States\"), [manslaughter](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Manslaughter \"Manslaughter\"), [school shooting](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/School_shootings_in_the_United_States \"School shootings in the United States\") |\n| Weapon | [.32-caliber](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/.32_ACP \".32 ACP\") [handgun](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Handgun \"Handgun\") |\n| Victim | Kayla Renee Rolland, aged 6 |\n| Burial | Pine Grove Cemetery, [Millington, Michigan](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Millington,_Michigan \"Millington, Michigan\"), U.S. |\n| Perpetrator | 6-year-old |\n| Motive | [Resentment](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Resentment \"Resentment\") |\n| Convicted | Jamelle James (6-year-old’s uncle) |\n| Verdict | Pleaded [no contest](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/No_contest \"No contest\") |\n| Convictions | [Involuntary manslaughter](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Manslaughter_\$United_States_law\$#Involuntary_manslaughter \"Manslaughter (United States law)\") |\n| Sentence | 2 years and 5 months in prison |\n\n**Kayla Renee Rolland** (May 12, 1993 – February 29, 2000) was an American six-year-old girl from [Mount Morris Township, Michigan](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Mount_Morris_Township,_Michigan \"Mount Morris Township, Michigan\"), United States, who was fatally shot on February 29, 2000, by a six-year-old classmate at Buell Elementary School in [Beecher Community School District](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Beecher_Community_School_District \"Beecher Community School District\"). The boy had found the gun while living at his uncle's house; the house was a [crack house](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Drug_house \"Drug house\") where guns were frequently traded for drugs.\n\nThe killing drew worldwide attention due to the particularly young ages of the victim and the perpetrator: Rolland was the youngest [school shooting](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/School_shooting \"School shooting\") victim in the United States until the [Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Sandy_Hook_Elementary_School_shooting \"Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting\") in 2012, and her assailant remains the youngest fatal school shooting perpetrator to date. The boy was not charged with murder because of his age. Buell Elementary School closed in 2002 and was demolished in 2009.[\\[1\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Killing_of_Kayla_Rolland#cite_note-Five_years-1)\n\n## Background\n\\[[edit](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/w\/index.php?title=Killing_of_Kayla_Rolland&action=edit&section=1 \"Edit section: Background\")\\]\n\nKayla Rolland was killed by a six-year-old male, Dedrick Owens, [first grader](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/First_grade \"First grade\") at Buell Elementary School in the [Beecher Community School District](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Beecher_Community_School_District \"Beecher Community School District\"), located in [Mount Morris Township, Michigan](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Mount_Morris_Township,_Michigan \"Mount Morris Township, Michigan\"), near [Flint](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Flint,_Michigan \"Flint, Michigan\"). His father was in jail for violating his [parole](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Parole \"Parole\"), having previously been convicted for possession of [cocaine](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Cocaine \"Cocaine\") with intent to deliver and burglary.[\\[2\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Killing_of_Kayla_Rolland#cite_note-60_Minutes-2) Owens had been living with his mother and his eight-year-old brother. She was evicted from her home, having been unable to pay rent with the \\$175 weekly wage she received from the two jobs she worked under [Michigan](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Michigan \"Michigan\")'s welfare-to-work program, and both boys then shared a single sofa as a bed at their uncle's house. The home, where his uncle lived with a 19-year-old man, was a [crack house](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Crack_house \"Crack house\") where guns were frequently traded for drugs. At some point, Dedrick found a loaded [Davis Industries](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Davis_Industries \"Davis Industries\") P-32 [.32-caliber](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/.32_ACP \".32 ACP\") [handgun](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Handgun \"Handgun\") under some blankets.[\\[3\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Killing_of_Kayla_Rolland#cite_note-3)[\\[4\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Killing_of_Kayla_Rolland#cite_note-TimeMag-4)\n\nOwens was known to have behavioral issues and was made to stay after school nearly every day for [swearing](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Profanity \"Profanity\"), giving people [the finger](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/The_finger \"The finger\"), [pinching](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Pinch_\$action\$ \"Pinch (action)\"), and hitting. Some weeks before the shooting he stabbed a girl with a pencil. Chris Boaz, a seven-year-old classmate, claimed Dedrick once punched him because he would not give him a pickle. The boy had previously attacked Kayla Rolland and, on the day prior to the killing, tried to kiss her and was rebuffed. Early on the day of the shooting, Owens and his brother got into a fight with Boaz's uncle, whom the boy threatened to shoot.[\\[4\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Killing_of_Kayla_Rolland#cite_note-TimeMag-4)\n\n## Shooting\n\\[[edit](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/w\/index.php?title=Killing_of_Kayla_Rolland&action=edit&section=2 \"Edit section: Shooting\")\\]\n\nOn February 29, 2000, the boy had brought the firearm, along with a [knife](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Knife \"Knife\"), with him to school. During a change of classes, he fatally shot six-year-old Kayla Rolland in the presence of a teacher and 22 students while they were climbing the stairs, saying to her: \"I don't like you\", before pulling the trigger. The bullet entered her right arm and traveled through a vital [artery](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Artery \"Artery\"). He then threw the handgun into a trash basket and fled to a nearby restroom. He was found there, in the corner, by a teacher and was taken into police custody soon after. At 10:29 a.m. [EST](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Eastern_Time_Zone \"Eastern Time Zone\"), Rolland was pronounced dead at [Hurley Medical Center](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Hurley_Medical_Center \"Hurley Medical Center\") while in [cardiac arrest](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Cardiac_arrest \"Cardiac arrest\").[\\[5\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Killing_of_Kayla_Rolland#cite_note-5) The assailant was held in custody until the [Genesee County](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Genesee_County,_Michigan \"Genesee County, Michigan\") [Family Independence Agency](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Child_Protective_Services \"Child Protective Services\") could determine his placement.[\\[6\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Killing_of_Kayla_Rolland#cite_note-6) He and his two younger siblings were later placed with an aunt.[\\[7\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Killing_of_Kayla_Rolland#cite_note-CBS-7)\n\n## Legal\n\\[[edit](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/w\/index.php?title=Killing_of_Kayla_Rolland&action=edit&section=3 \"Edit section: Legal\")\\]\n\nHer assailant became the youngest school shooter in the United States. Despite Michigan not having a codified [age of criminal responsibility](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Age_of_criminal_responsibility \"Age of criminal responsibility\") he was not charged with any crime based on the legal claim that at that age he would lack the ability to form [intent](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Intent_\$law\$ \"Intent (law)\"). In most U.S. states, six-year-olds are not liable for crimes they commit, and the Genesee County Prosecutor Arthur Busch called on the citizens to collectively hug the boy, presumably out of pity and sympathy. In an 1893 ruling, the [U.S. Supreme Court](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/U.S._Supreme_Court \"U.S. Supreme Court\") declared that \"children under the age of seven years could not be guilty of felony, or punished for any capital offense, for within that age the child is conclusively presumed incapable of committing a crime.\" This is followed in many U.S. states.[\\[8\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Killing_of_Kayla_Rolland#cite_note-8)\n\nJamelle James, the uncle who owned the .32-caliber pistol used in the shooting, was sentenced for leaving the gun in a shoe box in his bedroom.[\\[9\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Killing_of_Kayla_Rolland#cite_note-ABC_News-9) He eventually pleaded no contest to involuntary manslaughter and spent two years and five months in prison before he was released on probation. The other adults involved would be in and out of court systems in the years to follow.[\\[1\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Killing_of_Kayla_Rolland#cite_note-Five_years-1) A search of James's house produced a loaded [pump-action shotgun](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Pump-action_shotgun \"Pump-action shotgun\") and a rock of [crack cocaine](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Crack_cocaine \"Crack cocaine\").\n\nOn the twentieth anniversary of the shooting on February 29, 2020, news media reported that the boy who shot Kayla Rolland was living in [Bay City, Michigan](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Bay_City,_Michigan \"Bay City, Michigan\"). According to court records, he had been convicted at age 18 of a felony in connection with charges of second-degree home invasion and larceny at a Bay City house on April 23, 2012.[\\[10\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Killing_of_Kayla_Rolland#cite_note-MLive-10)\n\n## Aftermath\n\\[[edit](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/w\/index.php?title=Killing_of_Kayla_Rolland&action=edit&section=4 \"Edit section: Aftermath\")\\]\n\nAt the time, Kayla Rolland was believed to have been the youngest [school shooting](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/School_shooting \"School shooting\") victim in United States history, which was not surpassed until the [Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Sandy_Hook_Elementary_School_shooting \"Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting\") in December 2012.[\\[11\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Killing_of_Kayla_Rolland#cite_note-11) A day after Rolland's death a [shooting spree occurred in Wilkinsburg, Pennsylvania](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/2000_Wilkinsburg_shooting \"2000 Wilkinsburg shooting\") that killed three and injured two others. In response to the Wilkinsburg case, U.S. President [Bill Clinton](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Bill_Clinton \"Bill Clinton\") argued for stricter gun laws and mentioned Rolland's case as an example.[\\[12\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Killing_of_Kayla_Rolland#cite_note-12)\n\nBuell Elementary closed in 2002 due to dwindling enrollment and stressed finances. The campus was heavily damaged by [arson](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Arson \"Arson\") in 2005 and was demolished in 2009.[\\[13\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Killing_of_Kayla_Rolland#cite_note-13)\n\n## Depiction in media\n\\[[edit](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/w\/index.php?title=Killing_of_Kayla_Rolland&action=edit&section=5 \"Edit section: Depiction in media\")\\]\n\nRolland's killing was cited by [Michael Moore](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Michael_Moore \"Michael Moore\") in his 2002 film *[Bowling for Columbine](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Bowling_for_Columbine \"Bowling for Columbine\")*, which argued for stricter gun control.[\\[10\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Killing_of_Kayla_Rolland#cite_note-MLive-10)[\\[14\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Killing_of_Kayla_Rolland#cite_note-14)\n\n## See also\n\\[[edit](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/w\/index.php?title=Killing_of_Kayla_Rolland&action=edit&section=6 \"Edit section: See also\")\\]\n\n- ![flag](https:\/\/upload.wikimedia.org\/wikipedia\/commons\/thumb\/b\/b5\/Flag_of_Michigan.svg\/40px-Flag_of_Michigan.svg.png)[Michigan portal](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Portal:Michigan \"Portal:Michigan\")\n- [![icon](https:\/\/upload.wikimedia.org\/wikipedia\/commons\/thumb\/1\/17\/Balance%2C_by_David.svg\/40px-Balance%2C_by_David.svg.png)](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/File:Balance,_by_David.svg)[Law portal](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Portal:Law \"Portal:Law\")\n- ![icon](https:\/\/upload.wikimedia.org\/wikipedia\/commons\/thumb\/4\/4a\/School.svg\/40px-School.svg.png)[Schools portal](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Portal:Schools \"Portal:Schools\")\n\n- [List of youngest killers](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/List_of_youngest_killers \"List of youngest killers\")\n- [List of school shootings in the United States](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/List_of_school_shootings_in_the_United_States_\$2000%E2%80%93present\$ \"List of school shootings in the United States (2000–present)\")\n- [List of homicides in Michigan](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/List_of_homicides_in_Michigan \"List of homicides in Michigan\")\n- [Shooting of Abby Zwerner](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Shooting_of_Abby_Zwerner \"Shooting of Abby Zwerner\"), another school shooting that was also committed by a six-year-old in [Newport News, Virginia](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Newport_News,_Virginia \"Newport News, Virginia\")\n\n## References\n\\[[edit](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/w\/index.php?title=Killing_of_Kayla_Rolland&action=edit&section=7 \"Edit section: References\")\\]\n\n1. ^ [***a***](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Killing_of_Kayla_Rolland#cite_ref-Five_years_1-0) [***b***](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Killing_of_Kayla_Rolland#cite_ref-Five_years_1-1) Five years after school shooting, Michigan community still in pain [Sign on San Diego](http:\/\/www.signonsandiego.com\/news\/nation\/20050228-0059-schoolshootinganniversary.html) Retrieved on November 26, 2007 [Archived](https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20050312001832\/http:\/\/www.signonsandiego.com\/news\/nation\/20050228-0059-schoolshootinganniversary.html) March 12, 2005, at the [Wayback Machine](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Wayback_Machine \"Wayback Machine\")\n2. **[^](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Killing_of_Kayla_Rolland#cite_ref-60_Minutes_2-0)** Murder in the First Grade [60 Minutes](https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/murder-in-the-first-grade\/)\n3. **[^](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Killing_of_Kayla_Rolland#cite_ref-3)** Major U.S. school shootings in the last 10 years [Fox News](http:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/story\/0,2933,266371,00.html) [Archived](https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20070621212059\/http:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/story\/0,2933,266371,00.html) June 21, 2007, at the [Wayback Machine](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Wayback_Machine \"Wayback Machine\")\n4. ^ [***a***](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Killing_of_Kayla_Rolland#cite_ref-TimeMag_4-0) [***b***](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Killing_of_Kayla_Rolland#cite_ref-TimeMag_4-1) The Killing of Kayla [Time Magazine](http:\/\/www.time.com\/time\/magazine\/article\/0,9171,40342-1,00.html) [Archived](https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20070930102430\/http:\/\/www.time.com\/time\/magazine\/article\/0,9171,40342-1,00.html) September 30, 2007, at the [Wayback Machine](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Wayback_Machine \"Wayback Machine\")\n5. **[^](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Killing_of_Kayla_Rolland#cite_ref-5)**\n   Garsten, Ed. [\"Michigan first-grader fatally shot by classmate\"](http:\/\/archives.cnn.com\/2000\/US\/02\/29\/school.shooting.04\/). *CNN.com*. [Archived](https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20080103013335\/http:\/\/archives.cnn.com\/2000\/US\/02\/29\/school.shooting.04\/) from the original on January 3, 2008. Retrieved July 8, 2007.\n6. **[^](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Killing_of_Kayla_Rolland#cite_ref-6)** Michigan first-grader fatally shot by classmate [CNN](http:\/\/archives.cnn.com\/2000\/US\/02\/29\/school.shooting.04\/) [Archived](https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20080103013335\/http:\/\/archives.cnn.com\/2000\/US\/02\/29\/school.shooting.04\/) January 3, 2008, at the [Wayback Machine](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Wayback_Machine \"Wayback Machine\")\n7. **[^](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Killing_of_Kayla_Rolland#cite_ref-CBS_7-0)** More Indictments In School Shooting [CBS News](https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/more-indictments-in-school-shooting\/)\n8. **[^](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Killing_of_Kayla_Rolland#cite_ref-8)**\n   Dwyer, Kevin and Fiorillo, Juré. *True Stories of Law & Order: SVU*. 2007: Berkley\/Penguin, page 15.\n   \n   [ISBN](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/ISBN_\$identifier\$ \"ISBN (identifier)\")\n   \n   [0-425-21735-3](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Special:BookSources\/0-425-21735-3 \"Special:BookSources\/0-425-21735-3\")\n   \n   )\n9. **[^](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Killing_of_Kayla_Rolland#cite_ref-ABC_News_9-0)** Sentence in Mich. school shooting [ABC News](https:\/\/abcnews.go.com\/US\/story?id=95802&page=1)\n10. ^ [***a***](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Killing_of_Kayla_Rolland#cite_ref-MLive_10-0) [***b***](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Killing_of_Kayla_Rolland#cite_ref-MLive_10-1)\n    Fonger, Ron (February 28, 2020). [\"20 years after Kayla Rolland: The fatal first grade shooting that sparked a national gun debate\"](https:\/\/www.mlive.com\/news\/2020\/02\/20-years-after-kayla-rolland-the-fatal-first-grade-shooting-that-sparked-a-national-gun-debate.html). [Mlive.com](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Mlive.com \"Mlive.com\"). [Archived](https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20200229002949\/https:\/\/www.mlive.com\/news\/2020\/02\/20-years-after-kayla-rolland-the-fatal-first-grade-shooting-that-sparked-a-national-gun-debate.html) from the original on February 29, 2020. Retrieved May 25, 2022.\n11. **[^](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Killing_of_Kayla_Rolland#cite_ref-11)**\n    Broughton, Philip Delves (March 1, 2000). [\"Shocked pupils tell of shooting by six-year-old\"](https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20050425022817\/http:\/\/www.telegraph.co.uk\/htmlContent.jhtml?html=%2Farchive%2F2000%2F03%2F01%2Fwshot01.html). [The Daily Telegraph](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/The_Daily_Telegraph \"The Daily Telegraph\"). Archived from [the original](https:\/\/www.telegraph.co.uk\/htmlContent.jhtml?html=\/archive\/2000\/03\/01\/wshot01.html) on April 25, 2005. Retrieved August 6, 2007.\n12. **[^](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Killing_of_Kayla_Rolland#cite_ref-12)**\n    [\"Wilkinsburg Shooting Reactions\"](https:\/\/www.newspapers.com\/clip\/112273399\/wilkinsburg-shooting-reactions\/). [Associated Press](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Associated_Press \"Associated Press\"). March 2, 2000. Retrieved October 30, 2022.\n13. **[^](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Killing_of_Kayla_Rolland#cite_ref-13)**\n    Mullen, Roneisha D. (April 8, 2009). [\"Site of Beecher 2000 school shooting reduced to rubble\"](http:\/\/www.mlive.com\/news\/flint\/index.ssf\/2009\/04\/site_of_beecher_2000_school_sh.html). MLive. Retrieved December 15, 2016.\n14. **[^](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Killing_of_Kayla_Rolland#cite_ref-14)**\n    Baker, Mike (June 1, 2004). [\"Moore criticism needed\"](http:\/\/www.dailyuw.com\/opinion\/article_d92cfdaa-8311-5f0d-a0e8-5fbeef78784d.html). [University of Washington](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/University_of_Washington \"University of Washington\"). Retrieved September 23, 2019.\n\n## External links\n\\[[edit](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/w\/index.php?title=Killing_of_Kayla_Rolland&action=edit&section=8 \"Edit section: External links\")\\]\n\n- [Kayla Rolland](https:\/\/www.findagrave.com\/memorial\/9177285) at [Find a Grave](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Find_a_Grave \"Find a Grave\")\n\n| [v](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Template:School_shootings_in_the_United_States \"Template:School shootings in the United States\") [t](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Template_talk:School_shootings_in_the_United_States \"Template talk:School shootings in the United States\") [e](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Special:EditPage\/Template:School_shootings_in_the_United_States \"Special:EditPage\/Template:School shootings in the United States\")[School shootings in the United States](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/School_shooting#United_States \"School shooting\") |   |\n|---|---|\n| Prior to 2000 ([full list](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/List_of_school_shootings_in_the_United_States_\$before_2000\$ \"List of school shootings in the United States (before 2000)\")) |   |\n|   |   |\n| 1760s | [Enoch Brown school massacre](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Enoch_Brown_school_massacre \"Enoch Brown school massacre\") (1764) |\n| 1960s | [University of Texas](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/University_of_Texas_tower_shooting \"University of Texas tower shooting\") (1966) [Rose-Mar College of Beauty](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/1966_Rose-Mar_College_of_Beauty_shooting \"1966 Rose-Mar College of Beauty shooting\") (1966) |\n| 1970s | [Kent State University](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Kent_State_shootings \"Kent State shootings\") (1970) [Jackson State University](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Jackson_State_killings \"Jackson State killings\") (1970) [Olean High School](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/1974_Olean_High_School_shooting \"1974 Olean High School shooting\") (1974) [Computer Learning Center](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/1976_Computer_Learning_Center_shooting \"1976 Computer Learning Center shooting\") (1976) [California State University, Fullerton](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/1976_California_State_University,_Fullerton_massacre \"1976 California State University, Fullerton massacre\") (1976) [Cleveland Elementary School](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/1979_Cleveland_Elementary_School_shooting_\$San_Diego\$ \"1979 Cleveland Elementary School shooting (San Diego)\") (1979) |\n| 1980s | [49th Street Elementary School](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/49th_Street_Elementary_School_shooting \"49th Street Elementary School shooting\") (1984) [Cokeville Elementary School](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/1986_Cokeville_Elementary_School_hostage_crisis \"1986 Cokeville Elementary School hostage crisis\") (1986) [Hubbard Woods Elementary School](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Murder_of_Nick_Corwin \"Murder of Nick Corwin\") (1988) [Oakland Elementary School](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/1988_Oakland_Elementary_School_shooting \"1988 Oakland Elementary School shooting\") (1988) [Cleveland Elementary School](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/1989_Stockton_schoolyard_shooting \"1989 Stockton schoolyard shooting\") (1989) |\n| 1990s | [University of Iowa](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/1991_University_of_Iowa_shooting \"1991 University of Iowa shooting\") (1991) [Lindhurst High School](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/1992_Lindhurst_High_School_shooting \"1992 Lindhurst High School shooting\") (1992) [Bard College at Simon's Rock](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/1992_Bard_College_at_Simon%27s_Rock_shooting \"1992 Bard College at Simon's Rock shooting\") (1992) [East Carter High School](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/1993_East_Carter_High_School_shooting \"1993 East Carter High School shooting\") (1993) [Wickliffe Middle School](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/1994_Wickliffe_Middle_School_shooting \"1994 Wickliffe Middle School shooting\") (1994) [Blackville–Hilda High School](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/1995_Blackville%E2%80%93Hilda_High_School_shooting \"1995 Blackville–Hilda High School shooting\") (1995) [Richland High School](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/1995_Richland_High_School_shooting \"1995 Richland High School shooting\") (1995) [Frontier Middle School](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/1996_Frontier_Middle_School_shooting \"1996 Frontier Middle School shooting\") (1996) [San Diego State University](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/1996_San_Diego_State_University_shooting \"1996 San Diego State University shooting\") (1996) [Bethel Regional High School](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/1997_Bethel_Regional_High_School_shooting \"1997 Bethel Regional High School shooting\") (1997) [Pearl High School](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/1997_Pearl_High_School_shooting \"1997 Pearl High School shooting\") (1997) [Heath High School](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/1997_Heath_High_School_shooting \"1997 Heath High School shooting\") (1997) [Westside Middle School](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/1998_Westside_Middle_School_shooting \"1998 Westside Middle School shooting\") (1998) [Parker Middle School](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/1998_Parker_Middle_School_dance_shooting \"1998 Parker Middle School dance shooting\") (1998) [Thurston High School](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/1998_Thurston_High_School_shooting \"1998 Thurston High School shooting\") (1998) [Columbine High School](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Columbine_High_School_massacre \"Columbine High School massacre\") (1999) |\n| 2000 to present ([full list](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/List_of_school_shootings_in_the_United_States_\$2000%E2%80%93present\$ \"List of school shootings in the United States (2000–present)\")) |   |\n|   |   |\n| 2000s | [Buell Elementary School]() (2000) [Lake Worth Middle School](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Nathaniel_Brazill \"Nathaniel Brazill\") (2000) [University of Arkansas](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/2000_University_of_Arkansas_shooting \"2000 University of Arkansas shooting\") (2000) [Santana High School](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/2001_Santana_High_School_shooting \"2001 Santana High School shooting\") (2001) [Appalachian School of Law](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/2002_Appalachian_School_of_Law_shooting \"2002 Appalachian School of Law shooting\") (2002) [John McDonogh High School](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/2003_John_McDonogh_High_School_shooting \"2003 John McDonogh High School shooting\") (2003) [Case Western Reserve University](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/2003_Case_Western_Reserve_University_shooting \"2003 Case Western Reserve University shooting\") (2003) [Rocori High School](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/2003_Rocori_High_School_shooting \"2003 Rocori High School shooting\") (2003) [Red Lake Senior High School](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Red_Lake_shootings \"Red Lake shootings\") (2005) [Campbell County High School](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/2005_Campbell_County_High_School_shooting \"2005 Campbell County High School shooting\") (2005) [Pine Middle School](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/2006_Pine_Middle_School_shooting \"2006 Pine Middle School shooting\") (2006) [Platte Canyon High School](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/2006_Platte_Canyon_High_School_hostage_crisis \"2006 Platte Canyon High School hostage crisis\") (2006) [Weston High School](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/2006_Weston_High_School_shooting \"2006 Weston High School shooting\") (2006) [West Nickel Mines School](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/2006_West_Nickel_Mines_School_shooting \"2006 West Nickel Mines School shooting\") (2006) [Virginia Tech](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Virginia_Tech_shooting \"Virginia Tech shooting\") (2007) [Delaware State University](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/2007_Delaware_State_University_shooting \"2007 Delaware State University shooting\") (2007) [SuccessTech Academy](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/2007_SuccessTech_Academy_shooting \"2007 SuccessTech Academy shooting\") (2007) [Northern Illinois University](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/2008_Northern_Illinois_University_shooting \"2008 Northern Illinois University shooting\") (2008) [E.O. Junior High School](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Murder_of_Larry_King \"Murder of Larry King\") (2008) [University of Central Arkansas](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/2008_University_of_Central_Arkansas_shooting \"2008 University of Central Arkansas shooting\") (2008) |\n| 2010s | [University of Alabama in Huntsville](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/2010_University_of_Alabama_in_Huntsville_shooting \"2010 University of Alabama in Huntsville shooting\") (2010) [Chardon High School](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/2012_Chardon_High_School_shooting \"2012 Chardon High School shooting\") (2012) [Oikos University](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/2012_Oikos_University_shooting \"2012 Oikos University shooting\") (2012) [Sandy Hook Elementary School](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Sandy_Hook_Elementary_School_shooting \"Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting\") (2012) [Santa Monica College](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/2013_Santa_Monica_shootings \"2013 Santa Monica shootings\") (2013) [Sparks Middle School](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/2013_Sparks_Middle_School_shooting \"2013 Sparks Middle School shooting\") (2013) [University of California, Santa Barbara](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/2014_Isla_Vista_killings \"2014 Isla Vista killings\") (2014) [Marysville Pilchuck High School](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/2014_Marysville_Pilchuck_High_School_shooting \"2014 Marysville Pilchuck High School shooting\") (2014) [Umpqua Community College](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/2015_Umpqua_Community_College_shooting \"2015 Umpqua Community College shooting\") (2015) [Northern Arizona University](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/2015_Northern_Arizona_University_shooting \"2015 Northern Arizona University shooting\") (2015) [University of California, Los Angeles](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/2016_UCLA_shooting \"2016 UCLA shooting\") (2016) [El Centro College](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/2016_shooting_of_Dallas_police_officers \"2016 shooting of Dallas police officers\") (2016) [Townville Elementary School](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/2016_Townville_Elementary_School_shooting \"2016 Townville Elementary School shooting\") (2016) [North Park Elementary School](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/2017_North_Park_Elementary_School_shooting \"2017 North Park Elementary School shooting\") (2017) [Rancho Tehama Elementary School](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Rancho_Tehama_shootings \"Rancho Tehama shootings\") (2017) [Aztec High School](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/2017_Aztec_High_School_shooting \"2017 Aztec High School shooting\") (2017) [Marshall County High School](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/2018_Marshall_County_High_School_shooting \"2018 Marshall County High School shooting\") (2018) [Stoneman Douglas High School](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Parkland_high_school_shooting \"Parkland high school shooting\") (2018) [Santa Fe High 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Boilerpipe Text	Shooting in Mount Morris Township, Michigan Kayla Renee Rolland (May 12, 1993 – February 29, 2000) was an American six-year-old girl from Mount Morris Township, Michigan , United States, who was fatally shot on February 29, 2000, by a six-year-old classmate at Buell Elementary School in Beecher Community School District . The boy had found the gun while living at his uncle's house; the house was a crack house where guns were frequently traded for drugs. The killing drew worldwide attention due to the particularly young ages of the victim and the perpetrator: Rolland was the youngest school shooting victim in the United States until the Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting in 2012, and her assailant remains the youngest fatal school shooting perpetrator to date. The boy was not charged with murder because of his age. Buell Elementary School closed in 2002 and was demolished in 2009. [ 1 ] Kayla Rolland was killed by a six-year-old male, Dedrick Owens, first grader at Buell Elementary School in the Beecher Community School District , located in Mount Morris Township, Michigan , near Flint . His father was in jail for violating his parole , having previously been convicted for possession of cocaine with intent to deliver and burglary. [ 2 ] Owens had been living with his mother and his eight-year-old brother. She was evicted from her home, having been unable to pay rent with the $175 weekly wage she received from the two jobs she worked under Michigan 's welfare-to-work program, and both boys then shared a single sofa as a bed at their uncle's house. The home, where his uncle lived with a 19-year-old man, was a crack house where guns were frequently traded for drugs. At some point, Dedrick found a loaded Davis Industries P-32 .32-caliber handgun under some blankets. [ 3 ] [ 4 ] Owens was known to have behavioral issues and was made to stay after school nearly every day for swearing , giving people the finger , pinching , and hitting. Some weeks before the shooting he stabbed a girl with a pencil. Chris Boaz, a seven-year-old classmate, claimed Dedrick once punched him because he would not give him a pickle. The boy had previously attacked Kayla Rolland and, on the day prior to the killing, tried to kiss her and was rebuffed. Early on the day of the shooting, Owens and his brother got into a fight with Boaz's uncle, whom the boy threatened to shoot. [ 4 ] On February 29, 2000, the boy had brought the firearm, along with a knife , with him to school. During a change of classes, he fatally shot six-year-old Kayla Rolland in the presence of a teacher and 22 students while they were climbing the stairs, saying to her: "I don't like you", before pulling the trigger. The bullet entered her right arm and traveled through a vital artery . He then threw the handgun into a trash basket and fled to a nearby restroom. He was found there, in the corner, by a teacher and was taken into police custody soon after. At 10:29 a.m. EST , Rolland was pronounced dead at Hurley Medical Center while in cardiac arrest . [ 5 ] The assailant was held in custody until the Genesee County Family Independence Agency could determine his placement. [ 6 ] He and his two younger siblings were later placed with an aunt. [ 7 ] Her assailant became the youngest school shooter in the United States. Despite Michigan not having a codified age of criminal responsibility he was not charged with any crime based on the legal claim that at that age he would lack the ability to form intent . In most U.S. states, six-year-olds are not liable for crimes they commit, and the Genesee County Prosecutor Arthur Busch called on the citizens to collectively hug the boy, presumably out of pity and sympathy. In an 1893 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court declared that "children under the age of seven years could not be guilty of felony, or punished for any capital offense, for within that age the child is conclusively presumed incapable of committing a crime." This is followed in many U.S. states. [ 8 ] Jamelle James, the uncle who owned the .32-caliber pistol used in the shooting, was sentenced for leaving the gun in a shoe box in his bedroom. [ 9 ] He eventually pleaded no contest to involuntary manslaughter and spent two years and five months in prison before he was released on probation. The other adults involved would be in and out of court systems in the years to follow. [ 1 ] A search of James's house produced a loaded pump-action shotgun and a rock of crack cocaine . On the twentieth anniversary of the shooting on February 29, 2020, news media reported that the boy who shot Kayla Rolland was living in Bay City, Michigan . According to court records, he had been convicted at age 18 of a felony in connection with charges of second-degree home invasion and larceny at a Bay City house on April 23, 2012. [ 10 ] At the time, Kayla Rolland was believed to have been the youngest school shooting victim in United States history, which was not surpassed until the Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting in December 2012. [ 11 ] A day after Rolland's death a shooting spree occurred in Wilkinsburg, Pennsylvania that killed three and injured two others. In response to the Wilkinsburg case, U.S. President Bill Clinton argued for stricter gun laws and mentioned Rolland's case as an example. [ 12 ] Buell Elementary closed in 2002 due to dwindling enrollment and stressed finances. The campus was heavily damaged by arson in 2005 and was demolished in 2009. [ 13 ] Rolland's killing was cited by Michael Moore in his 2002 film Bowling for Columbine , which argued for stricter gun control. 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Find sources: ["Killing of Kayla Rolland"](https://www.google.com/search?as_eq=wikipedia&q=%22Killing+of+Kayla+Rolland%22) – [news](https://www.google.com/search?tbm=nws&q=%22Killing+of+Kayla+Rolland%22+-wikipedia&tbs=ar:1) · [newspapers](https://www.google.com/search?&q=%22Killing+of+Kayla+Rolland%22&tbs=bkt:s&tbm=bks) · [books](https://www.google.com/search?tbs=bks:1&q=%22Killing+of+Kayla+Rolland%22+-wikipedia) · [scholar](https://scholar.google.com/scholar?q=%22Killing+of+Kayla+Rolland%22) · [JSTOR](https://www.jstor.org/action/doBasicSearch?Query=%22Killing+of+Kayla+Rolland%22&acc=on&wc=on) (January 2020) ([Learn how and when to remove this message](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Help:Maintenance_template_removal "Help:Maintenance template removal")) \| \| Killing of Kayla Rolland \| \| \|---\|---\| \| Location \| [Mount Morris Township, Michigan](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mount_Morris_Township,_Michigan "Mount Morris Township, Michigan"), U.S. \| \| Date \| February 29, 2000; 25 years ago (2000-02-29) 10:29 a.m. ([EST](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eastern_Time_Zone "Eastern Time Zone")) \| \| Attack type \| [Child-on-child homicide](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Child-on-child_murder "Child-on-child murder") by [shooting](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gun_violence_in_the_United_States "Gun violence in the United States"), [manslaughter](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Manslaughter "Manslaughter"), [school shooting](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/School_shootings_in_the_United_States "School shootings in the United States") \| \| Weapon \| [.32-caliber](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/.32_ACP ".32 ACP") [handgun](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Handgun "Handgun") \| \| Victim \| Kayla Renee Rolland, aged 6 \| \| Burial \| Pine Grove Cemetery, [Millington, Michigan](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Millington,_Michigan "Millington, Michigan"), U.S. \| \| Perpetrator \| 6-year-old \| \| Motive \| [Resentment](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Resentment "Resentment") \| \| Convicted \| Jamelle James (6-year-old’s uncle) \| \| Verdict \| Pleaded [no contest](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/No_contest "No contest") \| \| Convictions \| [Involuntary manslaughter](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Manslaughter_$United_States_law$#Involuntary_manslaughter "Manslaughter (United States law)") \| \| Sentence \| 2 years and 5 months in prison \| Kayla Renee Rolland (May 12, 1993 – February 29, 2000) was an American six-year-old girl from [Mount Morris Township, Michigan](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mount_Morris_Township,_Michigan "Mount Morris Township, Michigan"), United States, who was fatally shot on February 29, 2000, by a six-year-old classmate at Buell Elementary School in [Beecher Community School District](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beecher_Community_School_District "Beecher Community School District"). The boy had found the gun while living at his uncle's house; the house was a [crack house](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Drug_house "Drug house") where guns were frequently traded for drugs. The killing drew worldwide attention due to the particularly young ages of the victim and the perpetrator: Rolland was the youngest [school shooting](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/School_shooting "School shooting") victim in the United States until the [Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sandy_Hook_Elementary_School_shooting "Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting") in 2012, and her assailant remains the youngest fatal school shooting perpetrator to date. The boy was not charged with murder because of his age. Buell Elementary School closed in 2002 and was demolished in 2009.[\[1\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Killing_of_Kayla_Rolland#cite_note-Five_years-1) ## Background \[[edit](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Killing_of_Kayla_Rolland&action=edit&section=1 "Edit section: Background")\] Kayla Rolland was killed by a six-year-old male, Dedrick Owens, [first grader](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/First_grade "First grade") at Buell Elementary School in the [Beecher Community School District](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beecher_Community_School_District "Beecher Community School District"), located in [Mount Morris Township, Michigan](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mount_Morris_Township,_Michigan "Mount Morris Township, Michigan"), near [Flint](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flint,_Michigan "Flint, Michigan"). His father was in jail for violating his [parole](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Parole "Parole"), having previously been convicted for possession of [cocaine](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cocaine "Cocaine") with intent to deliver and burglary.[\[2\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Killing_of_Kayla_Rolland#cite_note-60_Minutes-2) Owens had been living with his mother and his eight-year-old brother. She was evicted from her home, having been unable to pay rent with the \$175 weekly wage she received from the two jobs she worked under [Michigan](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michigan "Michigan")'s welfare-to-work program, and both boys then shared a single sofa as a bed at their uncle's house. The home, where his uncle lived with a 19-year-old man, was a [crack house](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crack_house "Crack house") where guns were frequently traded for drugs. At some point, Dedrick found a loaded [Davis Industries](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Davis_Industries "Davis Industries") P-32 [.32-caliber](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/.32_ACP ".32 ACP") [handgun](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Handgun "Handgun") under some blankets.[\[3\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Killing_of_Kayla_Rolland#cite_note-3)[\[4\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Killing_of_Kayla_Rolland#cite_note-TimeMag-4) Owens was known to have behavioral issues and was made to stay after school nearly every day for [swearing](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Profanity "Profanity"), giving people [the finger](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_finger "The finger"), [pinching](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pinch_$action$ "Pinch (action)"), and hitting. Some weeks before the shooting he stabbed a girl with a pencil. Chris Boaz, a seven-year-old classmate, claimed Dedrick once punched him because he would not give him a pickle. The boy had previously attacked Kayla Rolland and, on the day prior to the killing, tried to kiss her and was rebuffed. Early on the day of the shooting, Owens and his brother got into a fight with Boaz's uncle, whom the boy threatened to shoot.[\[4\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Killing_of_Kayla_Rolland#cite_note-TimeMag-4) ## Shooting \[[edit](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Killing_of_Kayla_Rolland&action=edit&section=2 "Edit section: Shooting")\] On February 29, 2000, the boy had brought the firearm, along with a [knife](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Knife "Knife"), with him to school. During a change of classes, he fatally shot six-year-old Kayla Rolland in the presence of a teacher and 22 students while they were climbing the stairs, saying to her: "I don't like you", before pulling the trigger. The bullet entered her right arm and traveled through a vital [artery](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Artery "Artery"). He then threw the handgun into a trash basket and fled to a nearby restroom. He was found there, in the corner, by a teacher and was taken into police custody soon after. At 10:29 a.m. [EST](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eastern_Time_Zone "Eastern Time Zone"), Rolland was pronounced dead at [Hurley Medical Center](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hurley_Medical_Center "Hurley Medical Center") while in [cardiac arrest](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cardiac_arrest "Cardiac arrest").[\[5\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Killing_of_Kayla_Rolland#cite_note-5) The assailant was held in custody until the [Genesee County](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Genesee_County,_Michigan "Genesee County, Michigan") [Family Independence Agency](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Child_Protective_Services "Child Protective Services") could determine his placement.[\[6\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Killing_of_Kayla_Rolland#cite_note-6) He and his two younger siblings were later placed with an aunt.[\[7\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Killing_of_Kayla_Rolland#cite_note-CBS-7) ## Legal \[[edit](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Killing_of_Kayla_Rolland&action=edit&section=3 "Edit section: Legal")\] Her assailant became the youngest school shooter in the United States. Despite Michigan not having a codified [age of criminal responsibility](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Age_of_criminal_responsibility "Age of criminal responsibility") he was not charged with any crime based on the legal claim that at that age he would lack the ability to form [intent](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Intent_$law$ "Intent (law)"). In most U.S. states, six-year-olds are not liable for crimes they commit, and the Genesee County Prosecutor Arthur Busch called on the citizens to collectively hug the boy, presumably out of pity and sympathy. In an 1893 ruling, the [U.S. Supreme Court](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/U.S._Supreme_Court "U.S. Supreme Court") declared that "children under the age of seven years could not be guilty of felony, or punished for any capital offense, for within that age the child is conclusively presumed incapable of committing a crime." This is followed in many U.S. states.[\[8\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Killing_of_Kayla_Rolland#cite_note-8) Jamelle James, the uncle who owned the .32-caliber pistol used in the shooting, was sentenced for leaving the gun in a shoe box in his bedroom.[\[9\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Killing_of_Kayla_Rolland#cite_note-ABC_News-9) He eventually pleaded no contest to involuntary manslaughter and spent two years and five months in prison before he was released on probation. The other adults involved would be in and out of court systems in the years to follow.[\[1\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Killing_of_Kayla_Rolland#cite_note-Five_years-1) A search of James's house produced a loaded [pump-action shotgun](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pump-action_shotgun "Pump-action shotgun") and a rock of [crack cocaine](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crack_cocaine "Crack cocaine"). On the twentieth anniversary of the shooting on February 29, 2020, news media reported that the boy who shot Kayla Rolland was living in [Bay City, Michigan](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bay_City,_Michigan "Bay City, Michigan"). According to court records, he had been convicted at age 18 of a felony in connection with charges of second-degree home invasion and larceny at a Bay City house on April 23, 2012.[\[10\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Killing_of_Kayla_Rolland#cite_note-MLive-10) ## Aftermath \[[edit](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Killing_of_Kayla_Rolland&action=edit&section=4 "Edit section: Aftermath")\] At the time, Kayla Rolland was believed to have been the youngest [school shooting](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/School_shooting "School shooting") victim in United States history, which was not surpassed until the [Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sandy_Hook_Elementary_School_shooting "Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting") in December 2012.[\[11\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Killing_of_Kayla_Rolland#cite_note-11) A day after Rolland's death a [shooting spree occurred in Wilkinsburg, Pennsylvania](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2000_Wilkinsburg_shooting "2000 Wilkinsburg shooting") that killed three and injured two others. In response to the Wilkinsburg case, U.S. President [Bill Clinton](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bill_Clinton "Bill Clinton") argued for stricter gun laws and mentioned Rolland's case as an example.[\[12\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Killing_of_Kayla_Rolland#cite_note-12) Buell Elementary closed in 2002 due to dwindling enrollment and stressed finances. The campus was heavily damaged by [arson](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arson "Arson") in 2005 and was demolished in 2009.[\[13\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Killing_of_Kayla_Rolland#cite_note-13) ## Depiction in media \[[edit](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Killing_of_Kayla_Rolland&action=edit&section=5 "Edit section: Depiction in media")\] Rolland's killing was cited by [Michael Moore](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Moore "Michael Moore") in his 2002 film [Bowling for Columbine](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bowling_for_Columbine "Bowling for Columbine"), which argued for stricter gun control.[\[10\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Killing_of_Kayla_Rolland#cite_note-MLive-10)[\[14\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Killing_of_Kayla_Rolland#cite_note-14) ## See also \[[edit](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Killing_of_Kayla_Rolland&action=edit&section=6 "Edit section: See also")\] - ![flag](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b5/Flag_of_Michigan.svg/40px-Flag_of_Michigan.svg.png)[Michigan portal](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Portal:Michigan "Portal:Michigan") - [![icon](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/17/Balance%2C_by_David.svg/40px-Balance%2C_by_David.svg.png)](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Balance,_by_David.svg)[Law portal](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Portal:Law "Portal:Law") - ![icon](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4a/School.svg/40px-School.svg.png)[Schools portal](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Portal:Schools "Portal:Schools") - [List of youngest killers](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_youngest_killers "List of youngest killers") - [List of school shootings in the United States](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_school_shootings_in_the_United_States_$2000%E2%80%93present$ "List of school shootings in the United States (2000–present)") - [List of homicides in Michigan](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_homicides_in_Michigan "List of homicides in Michigan") - [Shooting of Abby Zwerner](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shooting_of_Abby_Zwerner "Shooting of Abby Zwerner"), another school shooting that was also committed by a six-year-old in [Newport News, Virginia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Newport_News,_Virginia "Newport News, Virginia") ## References \[[edit](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Killing_of_Kayla_Rolland&action=edit&section=7 "Edit section: References")\] 1. ^ [*a](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Killing_of_Kayla_Rolland#cite_ref-Five_years_1-0) [b](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Killing_of_Kayla_Rolland#cite_ref-Five_years_1-1) Five years after school shooting, Michigan community still in pain [Sign on San Diego](http://www.signonsandiego.com/news/nation/20050228-0059-schoolshootinganniversary.html) Retrieved on November 26, 2007 [Archived](https://web.archive.org/web/20050312001832/http://www.signonsandiego.com/news/nation/20050228-0059-schoolshootinganniversary.html) March 12, 2005, at the [Wayback Machine](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wayback_Machine "Wayback Machine") 2. [^](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Killing_of_Kayla_Rolland#cite_ref-60_Minutes_2-0)* Murder in the First Grade [60 Minutes](https://www.cbsnews.com/news/murder-in-the-first-grade/) 3. [^](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Killing_of_Kayla_Rolland#cite_ref-3) Major U.S. school shootings in the last 10 years [Fox News](http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,266371,00.html) [Archived](https://web.archive.org/web/20070621212059/http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,266371,00.html) June 21, 2007, at the [Wayback Machine](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wayback_Machine "Wayback Machine") 4. ^ [*a](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Killing_of_Kayla_Rolland#cite_ref-TimeMag_4-0) [b](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Killing_of_Kayla_Rolland#cite_ref-TimeMag_4-1) The Killing of Kayla [Time Magazine](http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,40342-1,00.html) [Archived](https://web.archive.org/web/20070930102430/http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,40342-1,00.html) September 30, 2007, at the [Wayback Machine](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wayback_Machine "Wayback Machine") 5. [^](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Killing_of_Kayla_Rolland#cite_ref-5)* Garsten, Ed. ["Michigan first-grader fatally shot by classmate"](http://archives.cnn.com/2000/US/02/29/school.shooting.04/). CNN.com. [Archived](https://web.archive.org/web/20080103013335/http://archives.cnn.com/2000/US/02/29/school.shooting.04/) from the original on January 3, 2008. Retrieved July 8, 2007. 6. [^](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Killing_of_Kayla_Rolland#cite_ref-6) Michigan first-grader fatally shot by classmate [CNN](http://archives.cnn.com/2000/US/02/29/school.shooting.04/) [Archived](https://web.archive.org/web/20080103013335/http://archives.cnn.com/2000/US/02/29/school.shooting.04/) January 3, 2008, at the [Wayback Machine](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wayback_Machine "Wayback Machine") 7. [^](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Killing_of_Kayla_Rolland#cite_ref-CBS_7-0) More Indictments In School Shooting [CBS News](https://www.cbsnews.com/news/more-indictments-in-school-shooting/) 8. [^](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Killing_of_Kayla_Rolland#cite_ref-8) Dwyer, Kevin and Fiorillo, Juré. True Stories of Law & Order: SVU. 2007: Berkley/Penguin, page 15. [ISBN](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ISBN_$identifier$ "ISBN (identifier)") [0-425-21735-3](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:BookSources/0-425-21735-3 "Special:BookSources/0-425-21735-3") ) 9. [^](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Killing_of_Kayla_Rolland#cite_ref-ABC_News_9-0) Sentence in Mich. school shooting [ABC News](https://abcnews.go.com/US/story?id=95802&page=1) 10. ^ [*a](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Killing_of_Kayla_Rolland#cite_ref-MLive_10-0) [b](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Killing_of_Kayla_Rolland#cite_ref-MLive_10-1) Fonger, Ron (February 28, 2020). ["20 years after Kayla Rolland: The fatal first grade shooting that sparked a national gun debate"](https://www.mlive.com/news/2020/02/20-years-after-kayla-rolland-the-fatal-first-grade-shooting-that-sparked-a-national-gun-debate.html). 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