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49th Street Elementary School shooting
Since 1984
On February 24, 1984, a school shooting took place at the 49th Street Elementary School in Los Angeles, United States. Ten-year-old student Shala Eubanks and 24-year-old passerby Carlos Lopez were killed and twelve others were wounded before the perpetrator, 28-year-old Tyrone Mitchell, killed himself.
The shooting led to debate regarding the mental health treatment system of Los Angeles, through which expansions were made to the LAPD Mental Evaluation Unit.
Why it's on the map
In 1977, Mitchell's parents and siblings followed Jones to the Temple's Jonestown settlement in Guyana, leaving Mitchell behind in Los Angeles; both parents, four sisters and a brother perished in the mass murder-suicide that took place at Jonestown on November 18, 1978.
After the shooting, the LAPD convened a board of inquiry, with representatives from the city and county's Fire, Mental Health, and Health Services departments and advocacy groups for the mentally ill to study whether Mitchell's violent outburst might have been predicted or prevented.
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