On the morning of November 15, 1995, Richland High School in Lynnville, Tennessee, was the scene of a classroom rampage that left teacher Carolyn Maxine Pigg Foster dead, student Diane Collins dead, and another teacher seriously wounded. Foster, 58, was one of two educators shot in the head when a 17-year-old senior, James Ellison Rouse (known as Jamie Rouse), entered the school armed with a .22-calibre Remington Viper semi-automatic rifle. The attack occurred in a hallway crowded with more than fifty students; a shot intended for a football coach instead struck 14-year-old freshman Diane Collins in the throat.

Carolyn Yancey was shot but survived, and the assault ended when a male student and an agriculture teacher tackled and disarmed Rouse. Investigators concluded the shooting was premeditated: Rouse had hidden the rifle in bushes before being driven to school by a friend, Stephen Abbott, and reportedly held grudges against teachers and the school. Rouse was tried as an adult and convicted on counts including first-degree murder in Foster’s death; Abbott was convicted for criminal responsibility after being told by Rouse that it was happening that day.

Anyone who knew Carolyn Foster, the victims, or the school that day and can add details is asked to share what they remember.