Oregon High School Shooting - 1 Student Gunman Dead
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2014-10-04
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A 15 year-old student armed with an AR-15 rifle and 2 pistols invaded an Oregon high school Tuesday and opened fire, killing a 14 year old student.
The shooter later shot himself in a school bathroom after being confronted by police.
What was clear is that once again an American school where kids are supposed to be safe was transformed by terror into a crime scene.
"This is a very tragic day, one that I hoped would never ever be part of my experience," schools superintendent Linda Florence said. "We feel very sorry for our parents."
Reynolds High School in suburban Portland remained on lockdown as SWAT teams searched the classrooms for possible accomplices to the shooter, who was found dead in a bathroom.
The Multnomah County Sheriff's Department said in a Twitter message that the shooter was dead and that the situation at the school in Troutland, Or. had been "stabilized."
"We are still checking the building," Sue Strickland of the Troutland Police told USA TODAY. "We have about 40-50 units out there. We have several SWAT teams in the building right now and they are checking to make sure that they've got things under control. A semi-automatic weapon was used."
There were also unconfirmed reports that a teacher named Todd Rispler was shot in the hip and several other people were wounded by gunfire.
Freshman Daniel DeLong, 15, said while waiting after the shooting that he saw a physical education teacher at the school with a bloodied shirt.
"I'm a little shaken up," DeLong told the Associated Press. "I'm just worried."
DeLong said he was texting friends to make sure they were all safe.
"It just, like, happened so fast, you know?" he said.
Freshman Morgan Rose, 15, said she was hunkered down in a locker room with another student and two teachers.
"It was scary in the moment now knowing everything's OK I'm better," she said.
The gunman was armed with an AR-15 rifle, the same kind of weapon Adam Lanza used to slaughter 20 students at six staffers at Sandy Hook Elementary school in Newtown, Conn.
In the aftermath, the 2,800 students at the school were seen marching out of the building with their hands over their heads and terrified looks on their faces.
The shooter later shot himself in a school bathroom after being confronted by police.
What was clear is that once again an American school where kids are supposed to be safe was transformed by terror into a crime scene.
"This is a very tragic day, one that I hoped would never ever be part of my experience," schools superintendent Linda Florence said. "We feel very sorry for our parents."
Reynolds High School in suburban Portland remained on lockdown as SWAT teams searched the classrooms for possible accomplices to the shooter, who was found dead in a bathroom.
The Multnomah County Sheriff's Department said in a Twitter message that the shooter was dead and that the situation at the school in Troutland, Or. had been "stabilized."
"We are still checking the building," Sue Strickland of the Troutland Police told USA TODAY. "We have about 40-50 units out there. We have several SWAT teams in the building right now and they are checking to make sure that they've got things under control. A semi-automatic weapon was used."
There were also unconfirmed reports that a teacher named Todd Rispler was shot in the hip and several other people were wounded by gunfire.
Freshman Daniel DeLong, 15, said while waiting after the shooting that he saw a physical education teacher at the school with a bloodied shirt.
"I'm a little shaken up," DeLong told the Associated Press. "I'm just worried."
DeLong said he was texting friends to make sure they were all safe.
"It just, like, happened so fast, you know?" he said.
Freshman Morgan Rose, 15, said she was hunkered down in a locker room with another student and two teachers.
"It was scary in the moment now knowing everything's OK I'm better," she said.
The gunman was armed with an AR-15 rifle, the same kind of weapon Adam Lanza used to slaughter 20 students at six staffers at Sandy Hook Elementary school in Newtown, Conn.
In the aftermath, the 2,800 students at the school were seen marching out of the building with their hands over their heads and terrified looks on their faces.
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