Student Opens Fire at School Near Seattle, Killing 1
MARYSVILLE,
Wash. — A high school student opened fire in the cafeteria of a high
school north of Seattle on Friday, killing one person and critically
wounding two boys and two girls, according to law enforcement officials.
The
gunman also died in the episode, according to Robb Lamoureux, a local
police commander. He said the police believe the student acted alone,
but that officers were checking the school just in case.
The
shooting at Marysville Pilchuck High School forced hundreds of students
to hide in classrooms and then, over a period of several hours, to be
evacuated to a nearby church, where distraught parents, some of whom
received text messages from their frightened children, rushed after the
shooting. Inevitably, the shooting drew comparisons to a rash of other
recent school shootings, including one in June at Seattle Pacific
University.
“We
had dreaded this day in this community,” said Dr. Joanne Roberts, chief
medical officer at Providence Regional Medical Center in Everett. Dr.
Roberts said that, because of what has happened elsewhere around the
country, the hospital had planned for a possible school shooting, and
that “we were prepared to handle these kids when they came here.”
Mr. Lamoureux did not identify the gunman or a motive, and would not confirm whether the victim was a student or a staff member.
Dr.
Roberts said that two young female shooting victims were in surgery
after being shot in the head, and that a young male shooting victim, who
had also been shot in the head, had survived surgery; all three were in
critical condition. A 14-year-old boy who was a student at the school,
and who was apparently hit in the jaw by gunfire, was transferred from
Providence to Harborview Medical Center in Seattle, where he was in
serious condition in intensive care, according to Susan Gregg, a
Harborview spokeswoman.
As
students were being evacuated from the school, officers were sweeping
the building to ensure there was no longer an active threat. The
evacuated students were directed to the nearby Shoultes Gospel Hall to
be reunited with their families.
Mr. Lamoureux said the police were notified of the shooting at 10:40 a.m. by a call to 911.
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