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Shooter at Texas high school dead after injuring fellow student Shooter at Texas high school dead after injuring fellow student
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A female shooter died from an apparent self-inflicted gunshot wound on Thursday, after shooting a student at a high school in the west Texas town of Alpine.A female shooter died from an apparent self-inflicted gunshot wound on Thursday, after shooting a student at a high school in the west Texas town of Alpine.
The incident caused the lockdown of the school, said Brewster County sheriff Ronny Dodson. The incident caused the lockdown of the school and two other public schools in Alpine, said Brewster County sheriff Ronny Dodson.
Dodson said a female student at Alpine high school appeared to turn a gun on herself after shooting a student who survived. It was not immediately known if the survivor, who was being treated at the Big Bend regional medical center, was a man or a woman. Dodson said at an afternoon news conference that a female student at Alpine high school appeared to turn a gun on herself after shooting another female student, who survived. The survivor was treated at the Big Bend regional medical center.
Initial reports suggested there may have been two shooters, but Dodson said he believed it had just been one. A responding federal officer was shot in a separate incident, an apparent accidental discharge outside the school, Dodson said. “We’re still in shock,” Dodson said, adding that the family of the girl who died had moved to the Alpine area about six months ago.
Initial reports suggested there may have been two shooters. At the afternoon conference, Dodson said a federal officer responding to the incident was shot in the leg when another officer’s gun accidentally discharged. The federal officer was transported to a hospital in Odessa.
An initial sheriff’s department inquiry found that a total of five gunshots had been fired at the school.An initial sheriff’s department inquiry found that a total of five gunshots had been fired at the school.
Alpine high school has 280 students; the town of Alpine, 220 miles south-east of El Paso, has about 6,000 residents.Alpine high school has 280 students; the town of Alpine, 220 miles south-east of El Paso, has about 6,000 residents.
Dodson said police were also investigating a bomb threat at nearby Sul Ross State University and said he had called in the FBI to aid in that search.Dodson said police were also investigating a bomb threat at nearby Sul Ross State University and said he had called in the FBI to aid in that search.
Authorities said a male caller phoned in bomb threats to Sul Ross and a hospital in Alpine. There was also a bomb threat at a motel in Marathon, about 20 miles east of Alpine.
“Right now, we have a nut,” Dodson said at the afternoon news conference, adding: “Basically, he’s what we’re looking for right now.”
According to figures from the pro-gun-reform group Everytown for Gun Safety, the Alpine shooting was the 33rd incident in 2016 in which a gun has been fired on school or college premises across the US.According to figures from the pro-gun-reform group Everytown for Gun Safety, the Alpine shooting was the 33rd incident in 2016 in which a gun has been fired on school or college premises across the US.