Canandaigua Academy is a public high school located in Canandaigua, New York, with about 1,235 students in 9th through 12th grades. On the morning of May 5, 2009, 17-year-old senior Thomas Kane shot himself to death in one of the school's bathrooms, leading to a lockdown of the school. No one else was hurt in the incident.13WHAM: Male Student Commits Suicide at Canandaigua Academy (May 5, 2009)

Many of the students at Canandaigua Academy were at lunch at about 11:00 am on May 5, 2009, when they were told over the intercom that they were to remain in their classes, but that the students were in no danger. Police first put the lockdown, then evacuated the students to Canandaigua Middle School, where they went home along with the middle school children.

They learned later that one of their classmates, 17-year-old Thomas Kane, had shot himself to death with a handgun in one of the bathrooms, sometime between 9:30 and 10 am.Newsday: NY school locked down after suicide in bathroom (May 5, 2009)