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| Colorado police say suspect dead after one injured in high school shooting | Colorado police say suspect dead after one injured in high school shooting |
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| At least one student was seriously injured on Friday when another student opened fire inside a Colorado high school on Friday. | At least one student was seriously injured on Friday when another student opened fire inside a Colorado high school on Friday. |
| Police said the suspect at Arapahoe high school, outside Denver, was found dead, apparently from a self-inflicted gunshot wound. They said he was trying to find a particular teacher. | |
| Law enforcement officers immediately converged on Arapahoe high school in Littleton when they received reports of shots fired inside the school, shortly before 1pm local time. | Law enforcement officers immediately converged on Arapahoe high school in Littleton when they received reports of shots fired inside the school, shortly before 1pm local time. |
| Police said that a victim, a teenage girl, was in critical condition at Littleton hospital with a gunshot wound. Another student had a minor injury. | |
| “The shooter is dead as a result of a self-inflicted gunshot wound, so there are no immediate threats at this time,” Arahapoe county sheriff Grayson Robinson said outside the school. “Unfortunately we have one student who was injured.” | “The shooter is dead as a result of a self-inflicted gunshot wound, so there are no immediate threats at this time,” Arahapoe county sheriff Grayson Robinson said outside the school. “Unfortunately we have one student who was injured.” |
| One student was transported in serious condition with a gunshot wound to nearby Littleton hospital, Robinson said. During a police sweep of the school, a second student with a “minor” wound was discovered. Police said the wound may not have been caused by a gun. | One student was transported in serious condition with a gunshot wound to nearby Littleton hospital, Robinson said. During a police sweep of the school, a second student with a “minor” wound was discovered. Police said the wound may not have been caused by a gun. |
| Only one weapon appeared to be used in the shooting and it had been recovered, Robinson said. There was no evidence of any more suspects, but that possibility remained a line of inquiry. The suspect and confirmed gunshot victim had been identified, he said, but did not disclose their names. | Only one weapon appeared to be used in the shooting and it had been recovered, Robinson said. There was no evidence of any more suspects, but that possibility remained a line of inquiry. The suspect and confirmed gunshot victim had been identified, he said, but did not disclose their names. |
| Police entered the school shortly after initial reports of shots fired at 12.33pm local time, Robinson said. Dozens of law enforcement vehicles converged outside the school shortly after the first reports Response protocols for an active shooting were put into effect immediately, Robinson said. These called for students to stay inside classrooms even after the danger had passed. | Police entered the school shortly after initial reports of shots fired at 12.33pm local time, Robinson said. Dozens of law enforcement vehicles converged outside the school shortly after the first reports Response protocols for an active shooting were put into effect immediately, Robinson said. These called for students to stay inside classrooms even after the danger had passed. |
| “They were safer in their locked classrooms than they would have been outside,” he said. “That’s part of our protocol.” | “They were safer in their locked classrooms than they would have been outside,” he said. “That’s part of our protocol.” |
| After the shooting, officers searched students exiting the school, took their names and were in the process of loading them on buses to be taken to a nearby church, where they would be united with their families, Robinson said. | After the shooting, officers searched students exiting the school, took their names and were in the process of loading them on buses to be taken to a nearby church, where they would be united with their families, Robinson said. |
| The Arapahoe sheriff said there were reports that during the shooting, the shooter had declared the name of a teacher the shooter wished to confront. “That teacher was informed of the situation and exited the school quickly,” Robinson said. | The Arapahoe sheriff said there were reports that during the shooting, the shooter had declared the name of a teacher the shooter wished to confront. “That teacher was informed of the situation and exited the school quickly,” Robinson said. |
| He said Arapahoe high school had not seen “issues of concern...this week or in the immediate past future.” | He said Arapahoe high school had not seen “issues of concern...this week or in the immediate past future.” |
| Journalists at the scene described chaos as hundreds of students filed out of the school and parents began to arrive and try to reach their children by phone. | Journalists at the scene described chaos as hundreds of students filed out of the school and parents began to arrive and try to reach their children by phone. |
| The high school is about 15 minutes from Columbine high school, the site of an infamous 1999 shooting in which two gunman killed 13 and themselves. The incident took place a day before the one-year anniversary of a shooting incident at Sandy Hook elementary school in Newtown, Connecticut, in which 20 children, six staff, the shooter and his mother died. | The high school is about 15 minutes from Columbine high school, the site of an infamous 1999 shooting in which two gunman killed 13 and themselves. The incident took place a day before the one-year anniversary of a shooting incident at Sandy Hook elementary school in Newtown, Connecticut, in which 20 children, six staff, the shooter and his mother died. |
| Arapahoe high school is part of the Littleton school district, in the Denver suburb of Centennial. The high school has roughly 2,100 students. | Arapahoe high school is part of the Littleton school district, in the Denver suburb of Centennial. The high school has roughly 2,100 students. |
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