At least two people, a teen and an adult, were killed by a gunman at the Central Visual and Performing Arts High School in St. Louis on Monday morning. Eight wounded victims were transported to an area hospital, local authorities said.
Officers who arrived at the scene located the shooter, and he was shot during an exchange of gunfire, police Commissioner Michael Sack said, according to CNN. The shooter was later pronounced dead, Sack added.
Authorities did not immediately identify the victims or the shooter, but Sack said during a news conference that those killed were a woman who was pronounced dead at a hospital and a teen girl who was killed at the scene. The shooter was a man who appeared to be about 20 years old, he said.
Police were on the scene within minutes and spoke to students who described an attacker carrying “a long gun,” Sack told reporters.
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It’s not clear how the gunman entered the school but Sack said the school doors were locked, which delayed the suspect and bought responding officers time.
“The security staff did an outstanding job identifying the suspect’s efforts to enter and immediately notified other staff and ensured that we were contacted,” Sack said.
Police engaged the shooter on the third floor, Sack said.
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