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Two injured in Centennial, Colorado, school shooting Gunman dead after Centennial, Colorado, school shooting
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Two students have been injured in a school shooting in Colorado, the Arapahoe County sheriff has said. A student at a school in Colorado shot and wounded another student before dying of an apparent self-inflicted gunshot wound, police have said.
A student believed to be the gunman who brought a shotgun into the school has been found dead of an apparent self-inflicted gunshot wound, he said. The gunman brought a shotgun to the school and was looking for a specific teacher when confronted by a classmate, the Arapahoe County sheriff said.
The sheriff said the gunman was looking for a specific teacher, who left the building. A student confronted the gunman and was shot. The teacher left the school after learning he was sought. Another student suffered a minor injury.
It is unclear how the other student received a minor injury. The school and others in the area were placed on lockdown.
The school and others in the area were placed on lockdown but Arapahoe County Sheriff Grayson Robinson indicated the threat had ended. Upon the initial reports of a shooting, heavily armed police trained in "active shooter" scenarios stormed the building, ordering students outside with their hands over their heads.
Upon the initial reports of a school shooting, heavily armed police trained in "active shooter" scenarios stormed the building, ordering students outside with their hands over their heads. Inside, they found another student who had apparently suffered a minor gunshot wound.
Inside, they found the dead suspected gunman and two other injured students, one of whom had suffered a minor wound, Mr Robinson said. Authorities also found the suspect believed to be the gunman, dead from an apparent self-inflicted gunshot wound, Arapahoe County Sheriff Grayson Robinson said.
"That individual is currently deceased and he apparently killed himself," he added.
Police have not yet released the name of the suspect.Police have not yet released the name of the suspect.
The school has more than 2,200 students and 70 classrooms.The school has more than 2,200 students and 70 classrooms.
One student told a local CBS affiliate she heard three shots and hid in a locked room as teachers attempted to comfort those inside.
The building is just eight miles (13km) east of Columbine High School in Littleton, Colorado, the site of a mass school shooting in April 1999 which left 14 students dead.The building is just eight miles (13km) east of Columbine High School in Littleton, Colorado, the site of a mass school shooting in April 1999 which left 14 students dead.
The shooting occurred the day before the anniversary of the shooting in Newtown, Connecticut, in which 20 schoolchildren and six workers were killed at a primary school.The shooting occurred the day before the anniversary of the shooting in Newtown, Connecticut, in which 20 schoolchildren and six workers were killed at a primary school.