Sheridan, Wyoming

29-year-old Kevin Newman opened fire with a 9mm Ruger P85 handgun on a group of about 30 middle schoolers gathered on a soccer field outside Central Junior High School. Newman fired a total of 23 shots and wounded four students before committing suicide. A suicide note left by Newman indicated extreme mental disturbance and his belief that he was an ‘evil person’. He had been discharged from the navy ten days earlier and had a history of misdemeanor offenses.