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| Shooting at Tennessee high school: multiple victims, including officer – police | Shooting at Tennessee high school: multiple victims, including officer – police |
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| Knoxville police have reported multiple shooting victims at a high school, including one officer and warning residents to stay clear of the area | Knoxville police have reported multiple shooting victims at a high school, including one officer and warning residents to stay clear of the area |
| As of Monday afternoon, the scene remains active, according to police. School officials confirmed to local media that Austin-East High School had been on lockdown. | As of Monday afternoon, the scene remains active, according to police. School officials confirmed to local media that Austin-East High School had been on lockdown. |
| A "reunification site" for parents and their children has been established by first responders at a baseball field behind the high school, according to police. | |
| Local media is reporting parents are being directed to the area by police officers on the ground. It is also being reported some students are "trickling" out of the school. | |
| Superintendent of Knoxville County Schools Bob Thomas appeared to confirm this, tweeting that students "not involved in the incident have been released to their families." | |
| Tennessee Gov. Bill Lee addressed the shooting at a Monday press conference calling for prayers for victims and their families. | |
| "Pray for that situation, for the families and victims who might be affected in our state," he said. | |
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