By Reuters Staff
(Corrects second paragraph to say student’s age was 17, not 18)
(Reuters) - The police officer wounded during a shooting incident inside a high school in Knoxville, Tennessee was struck by a bullet that was not fired by the gun of the student who police shot and killed, according to a preliminary investigation.
A 17-year old high school student, who opened fire at a Austin-East Magnet High School, was fatally shot on Monday during a confrontation with the police.
The officers, who were responding to the scene, tracked the gunman to a bathroom where shots were fired. The student died at the scene, and police initially said the wounded officer had been hit when the student opened fire on them.
Officer Brian Baldwin
Willson, who was wounded in the shooting, has been with KPD since January 2001 and was currently serving as the School Resource Officer at Austin-East Magnet High School, KPD said.
KPD also mentioned that Lieutenant Cash has been with KPD since October 2001 and that Clabough has been with KPD since February 2017.
Baldwin has been with the department since October 2004, KPD said.
According to a press release by KPD, Cash, Clabough, and Baldwin are all assigned to the East District patrol.
Willson is continuing to recover from his injuries at the UT Medical Center.
Per departmental policy, the involved officers have been placed on temporary administrative leave, KPD said.
Officials have revealed the identity of a teenage student who was shot dead by police in the bathroom of a Knoxville high school in Tennessee on Monday.
Anthony J. Thompson Jr., 17, was killed after police responded to a report of a person with a gun at Austin-East Magnet High School.
His identity was revealed as authorities revealed that a police officer who was seriously wounded during a struggle with the student inside the high school bathroom was not shot by the student s hand gun, as was first thought.
The new report of the incident, released by the Tennessee Bureau of Investigation, appears to indicate that the officer was, instead, shot by police during the confrontation.