Laurie Dann was an American woman who shot six children at an elementary school in Chicago, killing Nicholas Corwin, 8, on May 20, 1988. She took hostages in a home, where she shot a college student before killing herself.

Nicholas Brent Corwin (1980–1988) was an eight-year-old boy who was shot and killed by Laurie Dann, inside an elementary school in Winnetka, Illinois, United States, on May 20, 1988. Dann also shot several other students, all of whom survived, then took a family hostage and set a fire in their house before committing suicide .

May 17, 2018 · CHICAGO -- On May 20, 1988, Laurie Dann walked into a second grade classroom in north suburban Winnetka, told the students she was there to teach them about guns, and then opened fire on...

May 16, 2018 · WINNETKA, Ill. — Thirty years ago this Sunday, a north suburban woman terrorized the very community she lived in. She planted poison, set fires and opened gunfire on a school...

May 20, 2013 · CHICAGO (CBS) -- It was 25 years ago today when a tragedy unfolded in Winnetka. That's when Laurie Dann went on a shooting rampage at the Hubbard Woods Elementary School, killing 8-year-old Nicky...

Dec 15, 2017 · On May 20, 1988, Laurie Dann from Glencoe, Illinois executed a premeditated plan involving poison, an array of guns, and the New Trier community. Although these events occurred on May 20, they really began far earlier, deep into Laurie Dann’s past.

Aug 9, 2021 · Laurie Dann`s odyssey was marked by contradictions and baffling bits of behavior and roles. She was the quiet student, Daddy`s little girl, a popular sorority girl and a pretty bride.

May 21, 2018 · CHICAGO (CBS) -- Thirty years ago, when mass school shootings were rare, one of the worst was carried out at the hands of Laurie Dann. The 30-year-old woman stormed a Winnetka elementary school...

Laurie Dann (born Laurie Ann Wasserman; October 18, 1957 – May 20, 1988) was an American murderer who shot and killed one boy, Nick Corwin, and wounded two girls and three boys in a Winnetka, Illinois elementary school. She then took a family hostage and shot another man, non-fatally, before killing herself.

On May 20, 1988, Laurie Dann (born Laurie Wasserman) shot and killed one boy and wounded five other children at Hubbard Woods Elementary School in Highland Park, Illinois. Prior to the attacks, she had mailed and delivered food and drink laced with arsenic (which she had stolen from a lab) to family, friends, and even acquaintances she had not ...