The body of teacher Danvers High School teacher Colleen Ritzer was found in the woods near her school.  District Attorney Jonathan Blodgett stated that a 14-year-old student is being charged as an adult in the murder.  Danvers, Massachusetts is described as having a low crime rate.  School officials have announced that all schools in the district were closed today as a result of the incident.  

Schools have been conducting school security assessments in unprecedented numbers since the tragic school security incident in Newtown, Connecticut last December. 

Few details are available at this time, but police in Sparks, Nevada are confirming that a school shooting occurred this morning in the suburb of Reno, Nevada.  Police have indicated that there currently is no additional danger.  Our school security experts will provide additional information in the Safe Havens Blog as it becomes available.  School shootings like this one remind us that school security is a timely issue.  Our school security experts have worked more than 300 school shootings and edged weapons assaults including seven active shooter incidents in U.S. and Canadian schools, and will provide appropriate expert commentary when adequate information becomes available.

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