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Ohio shooting: One dead at Chardon High School | |
(40 minutes later) | |
A US student has been killed and four injured in a high school shooting in Chardon, Ohio, police have said. | |
The students were injured when a gunman opened fire in the cafeteria at Chardon High School, the FBI said, which was busy at breakfast time. | |
Two of the injured were taken by helicopter to Hillcrest Hospital in Mayfield Heights, and three others went by ambulance to Cleveland Hospital. | |
Authorities say one gunman was involved, and he has been arrested. | |
An official said that four boys and one girl were injured in the shooting. | An official said that four boys and one girl were injured in the shooting. |
'Get down' | |
Ambulances arrived from Chardon as well as from three nearby towns within 30 minutes of the shooting, which happened at 07:30 local time (12:30 GMT). | |
Local news reports said the gunman was chased out of the building by a teacher before turning himself in to two people in the vicinity of the school. | |
"I am happy to tell you that the student that did the shooting is captured," a sheriff's official said to reporters at the scene. | |
"He actually turned himself in to a couple of innocent bystanders just north of the city here in Chardon township." | |
Some students said they recognised the shooter, and have described him as a classmate. | |
One boy who was in the cafeteria at when gunfire broke out told US news channel MSNBC: "I thought it was firecrackers at first, I wasn't sure. | |
"And then I saw a bunch of people running out. So I started running... I heard someone yell behind me: 'Get down'. And I heard a bunch of shots fired behind me." | |
Lockdown | |
Students were evacuated to a nearby elementary school, where parents flocked to collect them. Chardon High School has about 1,100 pupils. | |
Officials from a number of law enforcement authorities are on the scene. | |
A special operations team is said to be combing the school, while the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives has sent a team of eight agents to trace the firearm. | |
Other schools in the Chardon area were locked down as the investigation began, reports say. | Other schools in the Chardon area were locked down as the investigation began, reports say. |
Chardon, a town of about 5,000 residents, is located about 30 miles (48km) east of the city of Cleveland. | Chardon, a town of about 5,000 residents, is located about 30 miles (48km) east of the city of Cleveland. |