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Nevada police: two dead and two injured in middle school shooting Nevada police confirm two dead and two injured in middle school shooting
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Two people died and two boys were critically injured in a shooting at a middle school in Nevada on Monday. Police say the two people killed in a school shooting in Nevada were a staff member and a student who was likely the attacker.
Police did not immediately offer details of who died in the incident, in Sparks, east of Reno. Two other students were critically injured in the violence that erupted before classes began Monday at Sparks middle school in the town of the same name. Authorities said the staff member was trying to intervene.
They said Sparks middle school was "all clear" and the suspect was "down," but gave no further information. The first reports of the shooting came in at about 7.15am, about 15 minutes before the first classes were set to begin.
Washoe county police said they received the first report of the incident, at 7.16am local time on Monday. Students from Sparks middle school and next door elementary school were evacuated to the nearby high school, and classes were canceled.
Angela Rambo, a spokeswoman for Renown regional medical center, said it was treating two boys, who were in a critical condition. At the evacuation center, parents walked with their arms around their children, some of whom were in tears.
Washoe county school district spokesman Charles Rahn said the middle school and the adjacent Agnes Risley elementary school were evacuated to Sparks high school. Rahn said the middle and elementary schools would be closed for the rest of the day. "We came flying down here to get our kids," said Mike Fiorica, whose nephew attends the school. "It's really chaotic. You can imagine how parents are feeling. You don't know if your kid's OK."
The shooting happened on the school's campus, but outside the school building itself, according to police.
Angela Rambo of Renown Regional Medical Center says two boys are in critical condition.
Governor Brian Sandoval issued a statement after hearing about the shooting.
"I was deeply saddened to learn of the horrific shooting at Sparks middle school this morning. My administration is receiving regular updates and the Nevada Highway Patrol is assisting at the scene," he said. Sandoval extended his thoughts and prayers to those affected.
The school, located in a working class neighborhood, enrolls about 700 students in seventh and eighth grades.
The violence erupted nearly a year after a gunman horrified the nation by opening fire in Sandy Hook elementary school in Newtown, Connecticut, leaving 26 dead. The December 14 shooting reignited debate over how best to protect the nation's schools and whether armed teachers should be part of that equation.
Sparks, a city of roughly 90,000 that sprung out of the railway industry, lies just east of Reno.
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