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French school shooting: 3 people injured, armed 17yo student detained in Grasse French school shooting: 3 people injured, armed 17yo student detained in Grasse
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Three people have been injured in a shooting at a school in Grasse, southern France, according to interior ministry, while the authorities confirm the incident is not terrorism-related. A 17 year old student, carrying a rifle, two handguns and two grenades has reportedly been arrested over the incident. Three people have been injured in a shooting at a school in Grasse, southern France, according to the interior ministry. A 17-year-old student carrying a rifle, two handguns, and two grenades has reportedly been arrested over the incident.
"The [arrested] individual does not seem to be known by police," a police source told Reuters. The teenager opened fire with the rifle, shooting and injuring three people, according to the interior ministry.
Another police source said that two students had opened fire on the headmaster. The second suspect is still on the run. The school's headmaster was among those injured.
“One of the two was arrested and the second fled. There was panic and the students took refuge in the [neighboring] supermarket,” the source said. Five other people are in shock following the incident at the Alexis de Tocqueville school, according to interior ministry spokesman Pierre-Henry Brandet.
A picture allegedly from the crime scene has emerged online. Witnesses recalled the moment the teen began shooting to French broadcaster BFM TV.
Three people were injured in the shooting, interior ministry spokesman Pierre-Henry Brandet told France Inter radio. "It was total panic," a student by the name of Achraf said. "The gunshots were at four to five meters from where we were. We thought the gunman was coming towards us. We heard him shouting."
The shooting is not terrorist-related, Grasse Town Hall said, as cited by Reuters.  "I just know the gunman by sight. He was gentle and low-key key, not a nasty guy," he continued.
The teen reportedly carried out the attack after watching mass shooting videos.
"The first investigations suggest he had consulted American-style mass killings' videos," Brandet said, as quoted by Reuters.
A police source told the news outlet that the teen "does not seem to be known by police."
French newspaper Libération reported that a review of the shooter's Facebook profile found that the teen had published images of the two shooters of the 1999 Columbine High School massacre in July. 
Just one month ago, he posted a screenshot of CCTV footage from the school, showing the two shooters in action.
The teen's Twitter account consisted of just four tweets, one of which was a video of last year's deadly truck attack in Nice.
Libération reported that the teen is the son of a local politician. 
A police official told AP that there does not appear to be any other suspects, but that authorities are working to "remove all doubt." Previous reports suggested there could have been a second suspect.
Authorities have confirmed the incident is not terrorism related. 
Following the first reports on the shooting, local emergency services urged residents via Twitter to stay indoors, while the French government launched a terrorist attack warning over the Grasse incident through a telephone application.Following the first reports on the shooting, local emergency services urged residents via Twitter to stay indoors, while the French government launched a terrorist attack warning over the Grasse incident through a telephone application.
It may be too early to say if the shooting is terrorism, a police source later told Reuters. The attack comes despite France having some of the strictest gun laws in the world. Citizens are banned from owning automatic weapons, while many other guns require government authorization and a medical exam, along with a permit from a hunting or sport shooting federation.