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| A gunman killed at least two people at a St. Louis high school on Monday when he opened fire just as the school day was getting underway. | A gunman killed at least two people at a St. Louis high school on Monday when he opened fire just as the school day was getting underway. |
| Officials said that at least seven others were injured in the attack at Central Visual and Performing Arts High School. Lt. Col. Michael Sack, the interim commissioner of the St. Louis Metropolitan Police Department, said the victims who were killed were an adult woman who died at a hospital and a teenage girl who was pronounced dead at the scene. | |
| Colonel Sack did not identify the suspect but said he appeared to be about 20 years old. The suspect died at an area hospital after exchanging gunfire with the police, he said. | |
| “Here is a safe place where kids go to grow, to learn, to develop and something like this happens — it’s just heartbreaking,” Colonel Sack said. | “Here is a safe place where kids go to grow, to learn, to develop and something like this happens — it’s just heartbreaking,” Colonel Sack said. |
| The police responded just after 9 a.m., to reports that shots had been fired at Central Visual and Performing Arts High School, a spokeswoman for the St. Louis Public Schools said. | The police responded just after 9 a.m., to reports that shots had been fired at Central Visual and Performing Arts High School, a spokeswoman for the St. Louis Public Schools said. |
| “Police responded quite heavily and quite quickly,” the spokeswoman, Lori Willis, said. Photos published by local news outlets and shared online by people driving by showed dozens of police cars at the busy intersection in south St. Louis where the school sits. | “Police responded quite heavily and quite quickly,” the spokeswoman, Lori Willis, said. Photos published by local news outlets and shared online by people driving by showed dozens of police cars at the busy intersection in south St. Louis where the school sits. |
| Ms. Willis noted that the school shares a campus with the another high school, the Collegiate School of Medical and Bioscience, and both were on lockdown for a period of time. | Ms. Willis noted that the school shares a campus with the another high school, the Collegiate School of Medical and Bioscience, and both were on lockdown for a period of time. |
| Colonel Sack said the school was locked and the doors were secured before the gunman, who was “armed with a long gun,” entered the school. | Colonel Sack said the school was locked and the doors were secured before the gunman, who was “armed with a long gun,” entered the school. |
| “The shooter was quickly stopped by police inside” the Central Visual and Performing Arts High School, the district said on Twitter. Ms. Willis said the gunman was described as slim and dressed entirely in black. His connection to the school was not clear. | “The shooter was quickly stopped by police inside” the Central Visual and Performing Arts High School, the district said on Twitter. Ms. Willis said the gunman was described as slim and dressed entirely in black. His connection to the school was not clear. |
| Kelvin Adams, the superintendent of schools for the St. Louis Public School District, credited the members of the school’s faculty and staff for rallying the students to evacuate the building quickly. | Kelvin Adams, the superintendent of schools for the St. Louis Public School District, credited the members of the school’s faculty and staff for rallying the students to evacuate the building quickly. |
| The district was working to reunite students with their families at another school, Ms. Willis said. | The district was working to reunite students with their families at another school, Ms. Willis said. |
| David Williams, a math teacher at Central Visual and Performing Arts High School, told The St. Louis Post-Dispatch that he heard gunshots outside his classroom before a bullet shattered one of the windows on his classroom’s door. He said he then heard a man say that everyone was going to die. | David Williams, a math teacher at Central Visual and Performing Arts High School, told The St. Louis Post-Dispatch that he heard gunshots outside his classroom before a bullet shattered one of the windows on his classroom’s door. He said he then heard a man say that everyone was going to die. |
| Nylah Jones, a ninth grade student at the school, told The Post-Dispatch that she was in a math class when shots were fired into the room from the hallway. She described how students gathered in a corner of the classroom and tried not to move as the gunman banged on the door. | Nylah Jones, a ninth grade student at the school, told The Post-Dispatch that she was in a math class when shots were fired into the room from the hallway. She described how students gathered in a corner of the classroom and tried not to move as the gunman banged on the door. |
| Mayor Tishaura O. Jones of St. Louis responded to the shooting by saying “Help us Jesus” on Twitter. | Mayor Tishaura O. Jones of St. Louis responded to the shooting by saying “Help us Jesus” on Twitter. |
| The Central Visual and Performing Arts High School, a top arts high school in St. Louis, is located at a busy intersection in south St. Louis. The Collegiate School of Medical and Bioscience is a magnet high school and is ranked fifth in the state by the U.S. News & World Report. | The Central Visual and Performing Arts High School, a top arts high school in St. Louis, is located at a busy intersection in south St. Louis. The Collegiate School of Medical and Bioscience is a magnet high school and is ranked fifth in the state by the U.S. News & World Report. |