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| A high school and an elementary school in the US city of Las Vegas have been locked down while police hunt for a teenager seen carrying a gun on campus. | A high school and an elementary school in the US city of Las Vegas have been locked down while police hunt for a teenager seen carrying a gun on campus. |
| According to local TV channel KTVN, the gunman entered the high school carrying a "long gun", possibly a rifle. | According to local TV channel KTVN, the gunman entered the high school carrying a "long gun", possibly a rifle. |
| He is believed to have run away when confronted by campus police. | He is believed to have run away when confronted by campus police. |
| Swat teams have surrounded the schools. Dog units combing the area have reportedly found a weapon, but police fear the suspect may still be armed. | |
| There are no reports of anyone being hurt at either Mohave High or Elizonda Elementary schools in North Las Vegas, Nevada. | |
| There have been unconfirmed reports that the teenager could be a former pupil at the high school. | |
| This is the third recent incident involving guns at a US school in the last week. | |
| On Wednesday a 16-year-old girl died when an armed man took six students hostage at a Colorado high school. | |
| Emily Keyes was shot when officers stormed the school in Bailey after more than three hours. The gunman also killed himself. | |
| And on Friday, John Klang, the head teacher at a high school in Cazenovia, Wisconsin, was killed when he confronted an armed 15-year-old student as he entered the school. | |
| The teenager, Eric Hainstock, was arrested and has been charged with murder. |