Perth Teen Who Shot at His School Gets Three Years Detention

He fired three shots from his father’s .243 hunting rifle, sending students and teachers scrambling for cover.
Perth Teen Who Shot at His School Gets Three Years Detention
A hunter aims with his rifle in this file photo taken in 2021. Pascal Pochard-Casabianca/AFP via Getty Images
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A vulnerable teenager who fired gunshots at a classroom, sparking fears of Australia’s first US-style school shooting, will spend at least 16 months in detention.

The 15-year-old boy, who cannot be named for legal reasons, took two rifles to his school, the Atlantis Beach Baptist College in Two Rocks, about 70km north of Perth, on May 24 last year.