Taber School Shooting

Date: April 28, 1999 • Location: Taber, Canada

A 14-year-old former student in Taber, Alberta, opened fire at his high school, killing one student and wounding another in Canada's first fatal school shooting in more than two decades.

Taber is a town in southern Alberta, Canada that is surrounded by the Municipal District of Taber. It is approximately 51 km (32 mi) east of the City of Lethbridge at the intersection of Highway 3 and Highway 36.