14-year-old Girl shoots and wounds other girl at Alpine High School in Texas, then kills herself
Evacuation at Alpine High School after student involved shooting, Thursday
14-year-old girl shot and injured another girl before killing herself at Alpine High School in West Texas, Thursday morning
Survivor ran into the street in front of the school and was picked up by bystanders
Shooter died from a self-inflicted gunshot wound
Triggering event remains undetermined
Federal agent injured by friendly fire at the scene
The shooting happened in a bathroom before 8 a.m. in the only high school in Alpine, a town of 5,900 residents in western Texas, about 200 miles southeast of El Paso.
The survivor ran into the street in front of the school and was picked up by bystanders, Brewster County Sheriff Ronny Dodson said. Sheriff Dodson said the shooter died from a self-inflicted gunshot wound. The other girl was wounded, he said.
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In the aftermath, a police officer was also accidentally shot and wounded by a marshal at the school, Dodson said.The sheriff who has been in touch with both girls’ families quoted the shooter’s grandfather as saying “‘We don’t know what would provoke this,'”
Law enforcement officers stand guard after student shooting at Alpine High School Thursday morning.
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The shooting happened less than three weeks after classes began Aug. 22. The district — comprising only one elementary, middle and high school, with about 1,000 students — went into lock down after the gunfire. The situation at the school has been normalized, but students had to leave for the day.
A Twitter user, identified only as key, wrote at 8:25 a.m.: “as a student of alpine high, I want to thank the law enforcement for their amazing effort to keep us safe.”
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