those are some of our top stories on this wednesday, june 11th. announcer: from abc news, this is world news now. good morning, everybody. we re going to begin this half hour with an oregon community in shock in the aftermath of another school shooting. a teenage student armed with a rifle opened fire killing one classmate and wounding a teacher before turning the gun on himself. abc s david wright has the latest. [ sirens ] reporter: in troutdale, oregon, sirens blaring, police respond to a high school s call for help. priority call reynolds high school got a report of shots. at least one person down. reporter: police on sight within minutes, a s.w.a.t. team students filing out hands in the air their bags searched by law enforcement. witnesses say the gunman armed with an assault rifle started
it has maximum sustained winds at 40 miles an hour. it s south of mexico s coast and cristina could grow into a hurricane by thursday tracking northwest along the coast but likely to stay offshore. let s take a look at today s weather, thunderstorms will dump heavy rains across the eastern third of the nation as another system is behind that across the upper plains and midwest, otherwise, clear and dry across the southwest, rockies and west coast. temperatures cooler across many area, 60s in new england, 0s along the west coast and 80s and 90s along the south. another scorcher in the southwest. the nation is coming to grips with yet another school shooting this morning. this time shattering a quiet community in oregon. a teenage student armed with a rifle headed into the gym locker room at reynolds high school in troutdale. he opened fire. he killed one classmate, 14-year-old freshman emilio hoffman before chasing down a gym teacher. he was carrying a gun running after one of our
hurricane by thursday tracking northwest along the coast but likely to stay offshore. let s take a look at today s weather, thunderstorms will dump heavy rains across the eastern third of the nation as another system is behind that across the upper plains and midwest, otherwise, clear and dry across the southwest, rockies and west coast. temperatures cooler across many area, 60s in new england, 0s along the west coast and 80s and 90s along the south. another scorcher in the southwest. the nation is coming to grips with yet another school shooting this morning. this time shattering a quiet community in oregon. a teenage student armed with a rifle headed into the gym locker room at reynolds high school in troutdale. he opened fire. he killed one classmate, 14-year-old freshman emilio hoffman before chasing down a gym teacher.
killed by the shooter. the victim remembered by friends. telling me how he wants me to smile because he likes my smile and it s just i can t imagine it without him. reporter: police here say the suspect was a teenage male. no word yet whether he was a student at this high school. authorities say that they found him slumped in a bathroom stall at the school and sent in a robot to confirm he s dead. david wright, abc news, troutdale, oregon. all right. now to breaking political news we ve been following overnight. eric cantor has been beaten in the virginia primary by a little-known tea party candidate, the defeat was apparently fueled by voter anger over looser immigration laws which cantor had backed. he spoke to supporters last night. we need to focus our efforts as conservative, as republicans on putting forth our conservative solutions so that they can help solve the problems for so many working middle class families that may not have the opportunity that we have. david
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