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Seattle school shooting: Students evacuated from Marysville-Pilchuck High School Seattle 'school shooting': Students evacuated from Marysville-Pilchuck High School
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Police responded Friday to a high school north of Seattle following reports of a shooting. At least three people have been hospitalised after a student, who has since died, carried out a shooting at a high school in north of Seattle on Friday morning (PDT), according to officials.
The student who is believed to have carried out the shooting has died from a self-inflicted gunshot wound, the Seattle Times reported according to police. Marysville-Pilchuck High School in Marysville is currently in lockdown as police attend the scene, with live video footage showing students being evacuated from the building in the state of Washington.
Local television stations said two people were being airlifted to a hospital. Robb Lamoureux, Marysville Police Commander, said the shooter was a student and did not say if anyone else was wounded.
Live video showed students being evacuated from Marysville-Pilchuck High School in Marysville. A nurse at Providence Regional Hospital in Everett told CBS News that the facility has received three patients with gunshot wounds.
Earlier, local television stations reported that two people were airlifted to a hospital. As many as seven people in total were shot, according to reports from the Seattle Times.
The Marysville School District said in a statement that "Marysville Pilchuck High School is currently in lock down due to an emergency situation. Police and emergency services have responded."
Ayn Dietrich, an FBI spokesperson in Seattle, said the agency had personnel on their way to the scene to help authorities with the investigation.Ayn Dietrich, an FBI spokesperson in Seattle, said the agency had personnel on their way to the scene to help authorities with the investigation.
The latest school shooting in the region happened at Seattle Pacific University, where a gunman killed one student and wounded two others on 5 June. The incident comes after a shooting at Seattle Pacific University on 5 June, where a gunman killed one student and wounded two others.
Additional reporting by APAdditional reporting by AP