A sixth-grade girl brought a gun to her Idaho middle school, in the US, and shot and wounded two students and a custodian and then was disarmed by a teacher, authorities said.
The three were shot in their extremities and were expected to survive, officials said at a news conference. Jefferson County Sheriff Steve Anderson says the girl, believed to be aged 11 or 12, pulled a handgun from her backpack and fired multiple rounds inside and outside Rigby Middle School in the small city of Rigby, about 145km southwest of Yellowstone National Park.
A female teacher disarmed the girl and held her until law enforcement officers arrived and took her into custody, authorities said, without giving other details. Authorities say they re investigating the motive for the attack and where the girl got the gun.
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An active shooter entered Rigby Middle School in Idaho, Thursday morning
Three people were shot - two students and one adult janitor - and taken to Eastern Idaho Regional Medical Center in non-critical condition
A female student was taken into custody and there is no longer an active threat
Initially, it was believed that a male student was taken into custody
Emotional parents and children were seen hugging as they were reunited at the nearby high school following the mass shooting
Over in Albuquerque a middle school was plunged into lockdown Thursday after a teacher mistakenly reported seeing a student carrying a gun into the building
Sixth-Grade Girl Behind Shooting of Three in Idaho School
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Earlier in the day, Rigby Middle School in Idaho saw a shooting that injured three, including two students and a school employee. None of the injuries are life-threatening.
The shooter in the gun incident at Idaho s Rigby Middle School is a sixth-grade girl, Jefferson County Sheriff Steve Anderson revealed during a press conference on Thursday.
According to the sheriff, the girl retrieved a gun from her backpack and fired multiple rounds inside of the school and out , injuring three people. During the shooting a teacher disarmed the student, and detained her until law enforcement took her into custody, Anderson noted.