After a shooting incident at Austin-East Magnet High School in East Tennessee on Monday afternoon, the Knoxville Police Department confirmed that a student was killed and a police officer suffered non-life-threatening injuries.
Based on reports, police officers ordered the student inside a restroom wherein he is hiding to come out. However, he refused to comply with the police order.
According to WSB-TV 2, David B. Rausch, the Tennessee Bureau of Investigation director, said in a news conference that police officers responded to the school around 3:15 p.m. after receiving a report that someone was possibly armed with a gun.
Upon arrival, Rausch said the cops located an armed student inside a restroom. But when the officers entered the restroom, the student immediately fired on them, hitting one of the officers.
Authorities say a student at a Tennessee high school fired at officers and was killed by police. Tennessee Bureau of Investigation Director David B. Rausch sa
Student fires at officers at Tennessee school, is killed
TRAVIS LOLLER and ADRIAN SAINZ, Associated Press
April 13, 2021
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1of18Knoxville police work the scene of a shooting at Austin-East Magnet High School Monday, April 12, 2021, in Knoxville, Tenn.Wade Payne/APShow MoreShow Less
2of18Police work in the area of Austin-East Magnet High School after a reported shooting Monday, April 12, 2021. Authorities say multiple people including a police officer have been shot at the school. (Brianna Paciorka/Knoxville News Sentinel via AP)Brianna Paciorka/APShow MoreShow Less
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4of18Police work in the area of Austin-East Magnet High School after a reported shooting Monday, April 12, 2021. Authorities say multiple people including a police officer have been shot at the school. (Brianna Paciorka/Knoxville News Sentinel via AP)Brianna Paciorka/APShow MoreShow Less
Student gunman killed, police officer injured at Knoxville school shooting
Multiple law enforcement agencies responded to an officer-involved shooting around 3:15 p.m. EDT.
According to Tennessee Bureau of Investigation Director David B. Rausch, police found the student in a bathroom at the high school.
Orders to the student to exit were given, however, the student reportedly opened fire before police returned the gunfire, striking and killing the student.
A Knoxville Police officer was struck at least one time and taken to a Knoxville hospital with injuries not expected to be life-threatening.
It is unclear at this time why the student had brought a gun to school or why they opened fire on officers.