At least eight fatalities have been reported Friday after a shooter opened fire at Santa Fe High School in Texas.
Federal and local law enforcement told local media that a suspect is in custody after at least eight people were killed and an officer — as well as multiple students — were injured.
CBS News reported that 10 people had died in the attack, and local Sheriff Ed Gonzalez indicated at a press conference that the death count was likely to fall between eight and 10.
He said one person is in custody and a second one has been detained following the shooting.
“One male is in custody. And then a second one, again, was a person of interest. Both are believed to be students here at the school,” Gonzalez said.
Houston-area media reported the school went on lockdown around 8 a.m. after someone entered the campus carrying what appeared to be a shotgun and opened fire, a student told ABC13.
Shaken students told a local NBC affiliate they heard several shots rang out after a fire alarm went off just before 8 a.m.
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JUST IN: At least eight fatalities reported after shooter opens fire at Texas high school https://t.co/FxeaGGjWWc pic.twitter.com/8CEdMgSQ3s
— The Hill (@thehill) May 18, 2018
Experts say the recent uptick in mass shootings is likely due to the amount of attention the attacks receive and the fixation on the people behind them https://t.co/hSizPmhOk7
— Jon Passantino (@passantino) May 18, 2018
Another day, another mass murder. But instead of instituting and enforcing meaningful security measures, people want to use these killings as an excuse to confiscate guns.
May God rest the souls of the dead and give comfort to their loved ones. And may the wounded recover quickly,
Santa Fe High School shooter identified as 17-year-old male student https://t.co/FzofG9dl6N pic.twitter.com/iQ0KHHp8p2
— Washington Examiner (@dcexaminer) May 18, 2018
What is making so many teenage young men conclude that their problems are so insurmountable, that their circumstances are so unjust, that their rage is so righteous, that the logical course of action is an attempt to kill as many people as possible?
— Jim Geraghty (@jimgeraghty) May 18, 2018
Narcissism, their exclusion from a hyper-sexualized harem culture, failure to build a male identity without role models, and affluence that paradoxically enables self-pity, among other factors. https://t.co/yop6FkundS
— Tom Nichols (@RadioFreeTom) May 18, 2018
Police: Multiple explosive devices found on school campus after Texas shooting https://t.co/jBsa44qxso pic.twitter.com/pyDbcx1YhJ
— The Hill (@thehill) May 19, 2018
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