U.S. high school shootings caused at least 10 deaths and more than 30 injuries.

[Dalit]

Santa Fe High School: 'Eight fatalities' reported in shooting

Up to eight people have been reported dead in a shooting at a Texas high school, which is on lockdown.

One person is in custody after the attack at Santa Fe High School, which is about 40 miles (65km) south of Houston, according to school officials.

The school district has confirmed people were injured in an "active shooter" incident as classes began.

It is unclear if the attacker was a student. Police have not yet confirmed any fatalities.

The sheriff of Harris County, the largest county in Texas, tweeted that his officers were responding to a "multiple-casualty incident".

Sheriff Ed Gonzalez tweeted that one person was in custody and "a second one detained".

"An injured police officer is being treated, the extent of his injuries are unknown," he wrote.

https://twitter.com/x/status/997493581953798144

Several students described hearing a fire alarm go off shortly before 08:00 local time. It is not clear how the alarm was activated.

One witness told KTRK-TV the shooting happened in her art class, and that one person shot was a girl.

"There was someone that walked in with a shotgun and started shooting," the student said, "and this girl got shot in the leg."

She said that she did not get a look at the shooter, because she ran to hide.

One 10th grader told networks she had an asthma attack while hiding in the woods.

https://twitter.com/x/status/997493407097524224

News helicopters filmed students emptying their backpacks in front of armed officers in a field outside the school.

A bomb squad is currently on scene, and several helicopter ambulances have flown victims to a nearby hospital.

Federal officials with the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF) are helping the investigation.

President Donald Trump tweeted: "School shooting in Texas. Early reports not looking good. God bless all!"

First Lady Melania Trump tweeted from her hospital bed: "My heart goes out of Santa Fe and all of Texas today."

http://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-44173954

 

[Zibago]

Santa Fe High School: 'Eight fatalities' reported in shooting

Up to eight people have been reported dead in a shooting at a Texas high school, which is on lockdown.

One person is in custody after the attack at Santa Fe High School, which is about 40 miles (65km) south of Houston, according to school officials.

The school district has confirmed people were injured in an "active shooter" incident as classes began.

It is unclear if the attacker was a student. Police have not yet confirmed any fatalities.

The sheriff of Harris County, the largest county in Texas, tweeted that his officers were responding to a "multiple-casualty incident".

Sheriff Ed Gonzalez tweeted that one person was in custody and "a second one detained".

"An injured police officer is being treated, the extent of his injuries are unknown," he wrote.

https://twitter.com/x/status/997493581953798144

Several students described hearing a fire alarm go off shortly before 08:00 local time. It is not clear how the alarm was activated.

One witness told KTRK-TV the shooting happened in her art class, and that one person shot was a girl.

"There was someone that walked in with a shotgun and started shooting," the student said, "and this girl got shot in the leg."

She said that she did not get a look at the shooter, because she ran to hide.

One 10th grader told networks she had an asthma attack while hiding in the woods.

https://twitter.com/x/status/997493407097524224

News helicopters filmed students emptying their backpacks in front of armed officers in a field outside the school.

A bomb squad is currently on scene, and several helicopter ambulances have flown victims to a nearby hospital.

Federal officials with the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF) are helping the investigation.

President Donald Trump tweeted: "School shooting in Texas. Early reports not looking good. God bless all!"

First Lady Melania Trump tweeted from her hospital bed: "My heart goes out of Santa Fe and all of Texas today."

Thoughts and prayers or brown skinned?

 

[BHarwana]

This is very sad. The Trump presidency in USA is creating more and more hate.

 

[beijingwalker]

Gunman opens fire in Texas high school, killing up to 10

JUAN A. LOZANO
,
Associated Press•May 19, 2018
SANTA FE, Texas (AP) — At least one gunman opened fire at a Houston-area high school Friday, killing eight to 10 people, most of them students, authorities said.

Harris County Sheriff Ed Gonzalez said he could not be precise about the number of deaths at Santa Fe High School, which went on lockdown around 8 a.m. One person was in custody, and a second person had been detained, he said.

An unknown number of possible explosive devices were found at the school and off campus. Authorities were in the process of rendering them safe and asked the public to call 911 if they see anything suspicious.

It was the nation's deadliest school shooting since the February attack in Parkland, Florida, that killed 17 people and re-energized the gun-control movement after surviving teens launched a campaign for reform.

The district confirmed an unspecified number of injuries but said it would not immediately release further details. A school police officer was shot, officials said, but there was no immediate word on his condition.

"We hope the worst is over, and I really can't say any more about that because it would be pure speculation," Assistant Principal Cris Richardson told reporters at the scene.

Aerial footage showed students standing in a grassy field and three medical helicopters landing at the school in Santa Fe, a city of about 13,000 people roughly 30 miles (48 kilometers) southeast of Houston.

School officials said law enforcement officers were working to secure the building and move students to another location. Students were being transported to another location to reunite with their parents.

One student told Houston television station KTRK in a telephone interview that a gunman came into her first-period art class and started shooting. The student said she saw one girl with blood on her leg as the class evacuated the room.

"We thought it was a fire drill at first but really, the teacher said, 'Start running,'" the student told the television station.

The student said she did not get a good look at the shooter because she was running away. She said students escaped through a door at the back of the classroom.

Authorities did not immediately confirm that report.

The shooting was all but certain to re-ignite the national debate over gun regulations. In the aftermath of the Feb. 14 attack on Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School, survivors pulled all-nighters, petitioned city councils and state lawmakers, and organized protests in a grass-roots movement.

Within weeks, state lawmakers adopted changes, including new weapons restrictions. The move cemented the gun-friendly state's break with the National Rifle Association. The NRA fought back with a lawsuit.

In late March, the teens spearheaded one of the largest student protest marches since Vietnam in Washington and inspired hundreds of other marches from California to Japan.
https://www.yahoo.com/news/sheriff-active-shooter-reported-texas-high-school-133752768.html

 

[YeBeWarned]

what do we have here ? A long wolf or a Terrorist ?
My thoughts and prayers are with those among the dead and injured .. Its Ramzan , and may Allah Forgive your sins and admit you in Heaven ..

 

[jamal18]

A mindless shooting in America? I can't believe it.

I never expected that, how unusual.

 

[beijingwalker]

Mass shooting seems to be on the sharp increase in recent years in US, why didn't US government do something?? Innocent people are dying, most of them are so young..

 

[nang2]

Mass shooting seems to be on the sharp increase in recent years in US, why didn't US government do something?? Innocent people are dying, most of them are so young..

US law has changed recently to prohibit gun carrying in the vicinity of schools. If anyone wants to plan a gun shooting at some school, he knows well that he is unlikely to encounter any armed resistance. If he knows the moment he opens fire, someone will pull a pistol at him, he will definitely think harder to make the decision.

 

[waz]

Dimitrios 'Dimitri' Pagourtzis.

 

[Dalit]

Dimitrios 'Dimitri' Pagourtzis.

That sounds like a lone madman. Nah, we will move on from here. Are they going to highlight his nationality and religion?

 

[GumNaam]

someone needs to deliver the point across to the u.s. that what goes around comes around...THAT IS THE LAW OF THE UNIVERSE!

americans still wanna support criminal insurgencies around the world that do these same exact acts? if so then they shouldn't complain.

 

[Dalit]

someone needs to deliver the point across to the u.s. that what goes around comes around...THAT IS THE LAW OF THE UNIVERSE!

americans still wanna support criminal insurgencies around the world that do these same exact acts? if so then they shouldn't complain.

Too bad they can't blame the Pakistanis, Punjabis or Pashtun.

 

[GumNaam]

Too bad they can't blame the Pakistanis, Punjabis or Pashtun.

well, there's always cross border illegal mexicans they can pin the blame on...

 

[waz]

That sounds like a lone madman. Nah, we will move on from here. Are they going to highlight his nationality and religion?

No he has mental issues, was upset with women, had a poor K/D in Call of Duty etc.

 

[Dalit]

No he has mental issues, was upset with women, had a poor K/D in Call of Duty etc.

First world problems. We will forgive him. Let's send him to an expensive clinic and reprogram him.