A student armed with a shotgun entered a Colorado high school Friday looking for a specific teacher, then shot one student who confronted him before apparently killing himself, police said.
Hospital officials said the injured student was in critical condition. Another student suffered a minor wound, said Arapahoe County Sheriff Grayson Robinson,adding authorities were not sure it was a gunshot wound.
Police did not release the name of the student who died from the apparently self-inflicted gunshot wound.
Outlining the sequence of events, Robinson said, "At 12:33 this afternoon, an individual came to the Arapahoe High School on the West Side, entered the school armed with a shotgun. Was looking for an individual teacher that he identified by name. The teacher began to understand that he was being looked at, exited the school.
"One student confronted the armed student, and was shot."
Robinson said that while police were securing the school, "we located what we believed to be the suspect and the active shooter. That individual is currently deceased and he apparently killed himself."
Video shot from helicopters showed students leaving the building in orderly fashion, with their hands raised. They were then frisked by security officers before moving on.
The school is about 8 miles east of Columbine High School in Littleton, where two teenage shooters killed 12 classmates and a teacher before killing themselves in 1999
The Associated Press contributed to this report
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Hospital officials said the injured student was in critical condition. Another student suffered a minor wound, said Arapahoe County Sheriff Grayson Robinson,adding authorities were not sure it was a gunshot wound.
Police did not release the name of the student who died from the apparently self-inflicted gunshot wound.
Outlining the sequence of events, Robinson said, "At 12:33 this afternoon, an individual came to the Arapahoe High School on the West Side, entered the school armed with a shotgun. Was looking for an individual teacher that he identified by name. The teacher began to understand that he was being looked at, exited the school.
"One student confronted the armed student, and was shot."
Robinson said that while police were securing the school, "we located what we believed to be the suspect and the active shooter. That individual is currently deceased and he apparently killed himself."
Video shot from helicopters showed students leaving the building in orderly fashion, with their hands raised. They were then frisked by security officers before moving on.
The school is about 8 miles east of Columbine High School in Littleton, where two teenage shooters killed 12 classmates and a teacher before killing themselves in 1999
The Associated Press contributed to this report
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