Published on: Friday, May 07, 2021
By: AP
Text Size: Adela Rodriguez, left, walks with her son, Yandel Rodriguez, 12, at the high school where people were evacuated after a shooting at the nearby Rigby Middle School earlier Thursday, May 6, 2021, in Rigby, Idaho. Authorities said that two students and a custodian were injured, and a male student has been taken into custody. (AP photo)
BOISE: A sixth-grade girl brought a gun to her Idaho middle school, shot and wounded two students and a custodian and then was disarmed by a teacher Thursday, authorities said.
The three victims were shot in their limbs and expected to survive, officials said at a news conference. Jefferson County Sheriff Steve Anderson says the girl pulled a handgun from her backpack and fired multiple rounds inside and outside Rigby Middle School in the small city of Rigby, about 95 miles (145 kilometers) southwest of Yellowstone National Park.
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A girl opened fire this Thursday (05/06/2021) at a school in the northwestern state of Idaho, wounding two students and a janitor before being disarmed by a teacher, police said.
The student at Rigby High School near Idaho Falls – whose name remained withheld – is in sixth grade, making her 11 or 12 years old.
The girl “pulled a pistol out of her backpack, fired multiple rounds in and out of the school,” Jefferson County Sheriff Steve Anderson said.
The sheriff said the injuries sustained by two students and a school staff member are not life threatening. Idaho Falls Fire Department spokesperson Kerry Hammon said the three injured are stable.
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Idaho school shooting is one of very few in which a girl is the suspect
Police are trying to determine why the 6th-grader pulled a handgun out of her backpack and shot 2 other students and an adult custodian before she was disarmed by a teacher.
By REBECCA BOONEAssociated Press
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People embrace outside after a shooting at Rigby Middle School in Rigby, Idaho, on Thursday. John Roark /The Idaho Post-Register via Associated Press
BOISE, Idaho Authorities say they are trying to determine what prompted a young girl to open fire at a rural Idaho middle school, one of the few school shootings in which the suspect is female.
BREAKING: 3 Shot At Idaho Middle School
Rigby, ID – Two students and one custodian were shot by a student at Rigby Middle School on Thursday morning.
Jefferson County Sheriff Steve Anderson told East Idaho News that the shooter was in custody.
The school district hasn’t released any details yet other than to confirm there had been an “active shooter” incident on campus.
Idaho Falls Fire Department Spokeswoman Kerry Hammon confirmed to reporters that three victims had been transported by Ambulance to Eastern Idaho Regional Medical Center, East Idaho News reported.
Hammon said all three people were in stable condition.
Multiple law enforcement agencies have responded to the scene to assist and the Rigby Middle School remained in lockdown as the buildings were search room-by-room, the East Idaho News reported.