A horrific mass shooting occurred at West Nickel Mines Amish School in Pennsylvania, where Charles Carl Roberts IV murdered five young schoolgirls.
This, before taking his own life, shocking the local Amish community and the nation.
The West Nickel Mines School, is an Amish one-room schoolhouse in the Old Order Amish community of Nickel Mines, a village in Bart Township, Pennsylvania.
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Gunman Charles Carl Roberts IV took hostages and shot ten girls (aged 6–13), killing six (five in the initial incident, and a sixth who succumbed to her injuries in 2024), before committing suicide in the schoolhouse.
The emphasis on forgiveness and reconciliation in the Amish community's response was widely discussed by the national media. The West Nickel Mines School was later demolished, and a new one-room schoolhouse, the New Hope School, was built at another location. It was the worst school shooting in Pennsylvania history.