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One girl dead and one wounded in shooting at Texas school Texas high school shooting: One girl dead and one wounded in shooting at Texas school
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A girl at a high school in western Texas shot a fellow pupil before fatally turning her gun on herself, according to local police.A girl at a high school in western Texas shot a fellow pupil before fatally turning her gun on herself, according to local police.
Officers told WABC the incident happened in a toilet before am at Alpine High School in Brewster county.Officers told WABC the incident happened in a toilet before am at Alpine High School in Brewster county.
The campus was evacuated while other schools were placed on lockdown and law enforcement officers launched a hunt for the shooter. The campus was evacuated while other schools were placed on lockdown and law enforcement officers launched a hunt for the shooter.
The school, in the western desert region of Texas about 200 miles wast of El Paso, has about 280 pupils. The school, in the western desert region of Texas about 200 miles west of El Paso, has about 280 pupils. The Alpine Avalanche paper confirmed that students had been released to their parents for the duration of the day.
The shooting comes two weeks after pupils returned after the summer vacation. Pupils, two weeks into their new term after summer holiday, described their harrowing account of the incident, which caused significant panic in the school. 
“There was blood on the floor in the cafeteria that I saw when we went past it on our way out of the school,” one student told CNN. “One of the officers told us to keep our hands up and run out of the building, so I only saw the blood quickly.”
“It was so scary and very intense. I've never been so scared in my life.”
Elizabeth Carter, a lieutenant at the Texas Department of Public Safety, confirmed that someone brought a gun onto the Alpine High School campus on Thursday morning. Elizabeth Carter, a lieutenant at the Texas Department of Public Safety, confirmed that someone brought a gun onto the Alpine High School campus on Thursday morning. 
Ruth Hucke, a spokeswoman for Big Bend Regional Medical Centre in Alpine, said hospital personnel were tending to three victims. Ruth Hucke, a spokeswoman for Big Bend Regional Medical Centre in Alpine, said hospital personnel were tending to three victims. 
More follows The condition of those injured in the incident remains unclear as of this writing.