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| St Louis: Three dead, seven injured after school shooting | |
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| At least three people, including the suspect, have died and seven others are injured after a shooting at a high school in St Louis, Missouri. | |
| The gunman entered Central Visual & Performing Arts High School shortly after 09:00 local time (13:00 GMT) on Monday. | The gunman entered Central Visual & Performing Arts High School shortly after 09:00 local time (13:00 GMT) on Monday. |
| The doors of the school building were locked and it was not immediately clear how the suspect entered. | The doors of the school building were locked and it was not immediately clear how the suspect entered. |
| Witnesses say lives were saved after the gunman's weapon jammed mid-attack. | Witnesses say lives were saved after the gunman's weapon jammed mid-attack. |
| St Louis Public Schools say police "quickly stopped" the gunman. | St Louis Public Schools say police "quickly stopped" the gunman. |
| The suspect, identified by police as a 19-year-old former student, exchanged gunfire with police and later succumbed to his injuries. | |
| Neither his motive nor his connection to the school of about 400 students has yet been identified. | Neither his motive nor his connection to the school of about 400 students has yet been identified. |
| A teenage girl was pronounced dead inside the school, while one woman died in hospital, police told local media. | A teenage girl was pronounced dead inside the school, while one woman died in hospital, police told local media. |
| The seven injured - three girls and four boys - all had non-life-threatening injuries, according to local media. | |
| Students were running out of the school when officers arrived and said the attacker had a "long gun", according to the city's police commissioner Michael Sack. | Students were running out of the school when officers arrived and said the attacker had a "long gun", according to the city's police commissioner Michael Sack. |
| He said seven security workers on site had acted quickly to notify other staff and contact police. | He said seven security workers on site had acted quickly to notify other staff and contact police. |
| The gunman was found to be carrying hundreds of bullets that were sorted into nearly a dozen high-capacity magazines, Mr Sack later said, adding: "This could have been much worse." | |
| "This is a heart-breaking day for all of us," he said. FBI agents are assisting in the investigation. | "This is a heart-breaking day for all of us," he said. FBI agents are assisting in the investigation. |
| First-year student Raven Terry told the KMOV local news station the attacker had walked up to a friend and asked her: "You ready to die?" | First-year student Raven Terry told the KMOV local news station the attacker had walked up to a friend and asked her: "You ready to die?" |
| "They said it was a student who was doing the shooting," Terry said of the police response. | "They said it was a student who was doing the shooting," Terry said of the police response. |
| "We just ran real, real fast... and we were just crying, all shaken up about it." | "We just ran real, real fast... and we were just crying, all shaken up about it." |
| Taniya Gholston, 16, told the St Louis Post-Dispatch newspaper that the gunman entered a classroom she was in and tried to shoot her. | Taniya Gholston, 16, told the St Louis Post-Dispatch newspaper that the gunman entered a classroom she was in and tried to shoot her. |
| "I was trying to run and I couldn't run," she claimed. "Me and him made eye contact but I made it out because his gun got jammed." | "I was trying to run and I couldn't run," she claimed. "Me and him made eye contact but I made it out because his gun got jammed." |
| She said she overheard the attacker saying: "I'm tired of this damn school." | She said she overheard the attacker saying: "I'm tired of this damn school." |
| Police said the gunman graduated last year from the school and had no history of criminal behaviour. | |
| One of the victims was identified by family as health teacher Jean Kuczka. | One of the victims was identified by family as health teacher Jean Kuczka. |
| Kuczka, 61, had taught at the school since 2008, according to an online biography, and was a grandmother of seven. | Kuczka, 61, had taught at the school since 2008, according to an online biography, and was a grandmother of seven. |
| "My mom loved kids," her daughter Abigail Kuczka told the Post-Dispatch, adding that she died protecting her students. | "My mom loved kids," her daughter Abigail Kuczka told the Post-Dispatch, adding that she died protecting her students. |
| Those injured are said to be suffering from gunshot wounds, shrapnel injuries and cardiac arrest. | Those injured are said to be suffering from gunshot wounds, shrapnel injuries and cardiac arrest. |
| "Our children shouldn't have to experience this," St Louis Mayor Tishaura Jones said at a news conference after the shooting. | "Our children shouldn't have to experience this," St Louis Mayor Tishaura Jones said at a news conference after the shooting. |
| "They shouldn't have to go through active shooter drills in case something happens. And unfortunately, that happened today." | "They shouldn't have to go through active shooter drills in case something happens. And unfortunately, that happened today." |
| Data from the Education Week outlet show there have been at least 35 school shootings, in which at least one person was killed or injured, so far this year. | Data from the Education Week outlet show there have been at least 35 school shootings, in which at least one person was killed or injured, so far this year. |
| Earlier on Monday, a teenager in Michigan pleaded guilty to 24 charges, including terrorism and first-degree murder, after a rampage at his high school last November. | Earlier on Monday, a teenager in Michigan pleaded guilty to 24 charges, including terrorism and first-degree murder, after a rampage at his high school last November. |
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