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West Texas police search for shooter as schools are put on lockdown West Texas police search for shooter as schools are put on lockdown
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Police in the west Texas town of Alpine said there was an “active shooter” situation and schools have been locked down as the search for a suspect continues. At least one person was shot at a high school in the west Texas town of Alpine on Thursday, leading to an active shooter situation with area schools on lockdown, according to local officials.
Police dispatcher Scarlet Eldred had no immediate information on whether anyone was hurt in the unspecified incident shortly before 9am on Thursday. Eldred said police were seeking an “active shooter”. It was unclear how many shooters there were, although initial news reports suggested at least two. Brewster County sheriff Ronny Dodson, who spoke to ABC news, said another person, believed to be a shooter, had died of a self-inflicted gunshot wound.
She did not immediately provide additional information, other than the person was a male. According to the sheriff’s office, the shooting occurred at Alpine high school, which was subsequently put on lockdown. Students reported hearing about two or three shots, local station KWES reported.
The Alpine independent school district website says the town of about 5,900 residents has three schools – elementary, middle and a high school. Alpine is 220 miles south-east of El Paso. Elizabeth Carter, a lieutenant at the Texas department of public safety, said someone brought a gun onto the Alpine High School campus on Thursday morning.
More details soon ... Ruth Hucke, a spokeswoman for Big Bend Regional Medical Center in Alpine, said hospital personnel were tending to three “victims”.
Hucke declined to say how the victims were injured or further identify them. When asked if the victims had been shot, Hucke said she could not “say anything further”.
Earlier, police dispatcher Scarlet Eldred had no immediate information on whether anyone was hurt in the incident, which happened shortly before 9am. Eldred said police were seeking an “active shooter”.
Other than that the person was male, she did not immediately provide additional information.
The Alpine independent school district website says the town of about 5,900 residents has three schools elementary, middle and a high school. Alpine is 220 miles south-east of El Paso.