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In 1979, a five-feet-one-inch, eighty pound sixteen year old girl would become the first school shooter in United States history. Brenda Spencer would open fire on Cleveland Elementary School, wounding nine children and killing two adults. Her assault would be the first of many school shootings across the nation, most notably Columbine and Sandy Hook. The media and public began looking for answers as to why someone would commit such a horrid act. The response from Brenda was callous and flippant. She hated Mondays. But there had to be more to the story than that. Monsters are not born, they're made. This is how the monster was created.