At least three people were killed in a shooting at a St. Louis, Missouri, high school Monday morning — including the suspect, who shouted, “You’re all going to die!” as he opened fire on campus, authorities and witnesses said.
The male suspect, whose identity was not released but is believed to be in his 20s, was gunned down inside Central Visual & Performing Arts High School, part of the St. Louis Public Schools, the St. Louis Post Dispatch reported.
A woman and teen girl also were killed in the shooting, which left seven more people injured, the newspaper reported. Their identities have not been released.
Students were evacuated with their hands in the air after shots rang out a little after 9 a.m. on the campus, Fox 2 Now reported.
Police officers were also seen helping the fleeing students scale fences and buildings.
Students outside the St. Louis school
At least 3 were killed, including the shooter, in the attack.
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Math teacher David Williams told the Post Dispatch that the principal came over the loudspeaker and said the code word that indicates a shooter is in the building.
Williams heard gunfire outside his classroom, where one of the windows on the door was shot out. He told the Post Dispatch that he heard a man saying, “You are all going to (expletive) die.”
Ninth-grader Nylah Jones told the newspaper that she was in math class when the gunman fired into the room from the hallway. Students gathered in one corner of the classroom and tried not to move as the shooter banged on the door, she said.
Students outside the St. Louis school
The gunman shouted “You’re all going to die!” as he opened fire on campus, authorities and witnesses said.
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When they went into lockdown, the children didn’t think it was for a real shooting, she said.
Senior Taniya Lumpkin was in speech and debate class when a staffer told them to lock the door, but they “didn’t know if it was real or not.”
“Next thing you know, we just heard gunshots,” Nylah said. “First single shots rang out, then multiple, then single again.”
Teacher Michael De Filippo told the paper: “Once you heard the boom, all the chuckling and laughing in the back of the room stopped.”
Taniya Gholston, 16, said the assailant’s gun eventually jammed and that she heard him say something about being “tired of this damn school,” the Post Dispatch reported.
Ja’miah Hampton, also 16, was in vocal class on the fourth floor when she heard gunshots on the third floor.
ST. LOUIS – A massive police presence is near Central Visual and Performing Arts High School Monday morning after several people were injured in a shooting. The FBI said at 10:05 a.m. that “there is no longer an immediate threat at the high school.”
At least six people were wounded Monday morning in a shooting at a St. Louis, Missouri, high school.
FOX 2 St. Louis
ST. LOUIS – A massive police presence is near Central Visual and Performing Arts High School Monday morning after several people were injured in a shooting. The FBI said at 10:05 a.m. that “there is no longer an immediate threat at the high school.”
The suspect’s identity and condition were not immediately available.
FOX 2 St. Louis
“I heard one big one, and then there were so many I stopped counting,” she told the paper. “I’m confused — why people are so cruel?”
Dakota Willard, 14, who attends the Collegiate School of Medicine and Bioscience in the same building, said he saw a girl lying on the floor.
“What I saw was traumatizing,” Willard said, adding, “I’m OK. I don’t need any special help.”
Parents were notified to go to Gateway STEM at 5191 McRee Ave. to reunite with their kids.
ST. LOUIS – A massive police presence is near Central Visual and Performing Arts High School Monday morning after several people were injured in a shooting. The FBI said at 10:05 a.m. that “there is no longer an immediate threat at the high school.”
Police officers were seen helping the fleeing students scale fences.
FOX 2 St. Louis
A boy was seen consoling his mother later.
“I’m glad it’s over. My friends are alive. It’s OK, Mom, it’s OK, I’m here,” he said.-