At least three people were killed and six injured in shooting at high school in St Louis Missouri, on Monday morning.
St Louis police responded to an active shooter situation at Central Visual and Performing Arts High School in Missouri at around 9am.
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St Louis Police Chief Michael Sack said responding officers quickly identified the suspect and engaged in a shootout.
“Officers ran to that gunfire, located that shooter and engaged that shooter in an exchange of gunfire,” Sack said.
The suspect, described as a male approximately in his 20s, was transported to the hospital, where he died of his injuries.
An adult woman died at a hospital, and a teenage girl was pronounced dead inside the school, both from gunshot wounds.
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Seven other victims were taken to the hospital with injuries ranging from gunshot wounds to a cardiac arrest episode.
The names and ages of the injured victims have not been disclosed.
“This is a heartbreaking day for all of us,” Sack said.
“It’s going to be tough. While on paper, we might have nine victims, eight who were transported, one remained, we have hundreds of others. Everyone who survived here is going to take home trauma.”
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Seven other victims were taken to the hospital with injuries ranging from gunshot wounds to a cardiac arrest episode.
The names and ages of the injured victims have not been disclosed.
“This is a heartbreaking day for all of us,” Sack said.
“It’s going to be tough. While on paper, we might have nine victims, eight who were transported, one remained, we have hundreds of others. Everyone who survived here is going to take home trauma.”
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‘YOU ARE ALL GOING TO DIE’
CVPA senior Ryane Owens, 18, told the St Louis Post-Dispatch students initially thought the incident was a drill, but then they “heard noises”.
“Once you heard the boom, all the chuckling and laughing in the back of the room stopped,” teacher Michael De Filippo told the outlet.
Math teacher David Williams said he heard multiple shots fired outside his classroom and allegedly heard the suspect say, “You are all going to f***ing die”.
Taniya Gholston, 16, another student at CVPA, told the outlet that the shooter’s gun eventually jammed, and she allegedly heard him say something about being “sick of this damn school”.
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St Louis mayor, Tishaura Jones, tweeted: “Help us, Jesus.”
Aerial footage from the scene showed a massive police presence outside the school.
Police said students barricaded doors and huddled in classroom corners, then jumped from windows and ran out of the building to seek safety.
Responding officers were seen helping students scale fences and buildings
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