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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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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. | 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. |
Marysville-Pilchuck High School in Marysville is currently in lockdown as police attend the scene where the shooter is dead, officers told the Press Association. | |
Robb Lamoureux, Marysville Police Commander, said the shooter was a student and did not say if anyone else was wounded. | Robb Lamoureux, Marysville Police Commander, said the shooter was a student and did not say if anyone else was wounded. |
Mr Lamoureux added that officers are evacuating students from all of the buildings on campus "to make sure there is no longer an active threat," the Guardian reported. | |
A nurse at Providence Regional Hospital in Everett told CBS News that the facility has received three patients with gunshot wounds. | 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. | 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. |
To help reunite concerned parents and school pupils, Marysville Police has tweeted a meeting point around ten minutes away from the high school. | |
Reunification Location for parents & students is Shoultes Gospel Church, corner of 51st Ave and 116th Street NE. | |
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." | 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 incident comes after a shooting at Seattle Pacific University on 5 June, where a gunman killed one student and wounded two others. | 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 AP | Additional reporting by AP |