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How Krista Gneiting Stopped the Rigby Shooter
The teacher who saved the lives of her students at Rigby Middle School does not want money or recognition. She says she appreciates the love and support for her community.
Krista Turnblom Gneiting, the sixth-grade teacher who disarmed the alleged sixth-grade female shooter, shared her thoughts with the world on Facebook.
Her Message
My heart is touched by all the incredible outpouring of love I ve received. Thank you. I don t want money, I just appreciate the incredible support of Rigby!!! I love my students so much! It is why I teach!! They make my heart happy every every day!!!! All of the staff at Rigby did their part and kept our wonderful children safe! Thank you! I love you all and we will get through this together.
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The teacher, Krista Turnblom Gneiting, is an 8th grade teacher at Rigby Middle School. Family members say Gneiting recounted her experience on Thursday night. FOX 10 s Nicole Garcia reports.
PHOENIX - We are learning more about a teacher who helped stop a shooting at an Idaho middle school on May 6.
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The incident happened outside Rigby Middle School, located in a small city just outside of Idaho Falls. Idaho Falls is about 214 miles north of Salt Lake City. According to officials, the student pulled the handgun from her backpack and fired multiple rounds inside and outside the school. Two students and a custodian were wounded.
The shooting began around 9am on Thursday and caused teachers and students to flee for their lives
The alleged shooter wounded two students and a janitor who were hit in their extremities and were expected to survive
Math teacher Krista Turnblom Gneiting, 45, subdued the girl until cops arrived and took her into custody. She has been praised for her heroic act
A text exchange, between a student at the adjacent Rigby High School and an adult believed to be their mother, was posted by reporter Nate Eaton
RIGBY â A sixth-grade girl brought a gun to her middle school, shot and wounded two students and a custodian and then was disarmed by a teacher, authorities said.
The three were shot in their extremities during the 9:15 a.m. Thursday incident at Rigby Middle School and are expected to survive, officials said at a Thursday afternoon news conference. All three victims were transported via ambulances to Eastern Idaho Regional Medical Center in Idaho Falls following the shooting.
âToday we had the worst nightmare a school district could encounter,â Jefferson School District Superintendent Chad Martin said Thursday following the incident.
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