Thursday, May 6, 2021
Shooting at Idaho middle school injures 3; student captured
Authorities say a shooting at an eastern Idaho middle school has injured two students and a custodian, and a student suspected of being the shooter has been taken into custody
BOISE, Idaho A shooting at an eastern Idaho middle school Thursday injured two students and a custodian, and a student was taken into custody, authorities said.
The victims injuries were not believed to be life-threatening, Jefferson County Sheriff Steve Anderson said.
Police were called to the school around 9:15 a.m. after students and staffers heard gunfire. Multiple law enforcement agencies responded, and students were evacuated to a nearby high school to be reunited with their parents.
BOISE, Idaho (AP) Authorities say they are trying to determine what prompted a young girl to open fire at a rural Idaho middle school, one of the few school shootings in which the suspect is female. The shooting happened around 9 a.m. Thursday, when police say the girl pulled a handgun out of her […]
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
Image via John Roark /The Idaho Post-Register via AP
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BOISE, Idaho (AP) Authorities say they are trying to determine what prompted a young girl to open fire at a rural Idaho middle school, one of the few school shootings in which the suspect is female. The shooting happened around 9 a.m. Thursday, when police say the girl pulled a handgun out of her backpack and shot two other students and an adult custodian before she was disarmed by a teacher and held until…
Teacher disarms sixth-grade girl after she shoots 3 at Idaho school: sheriff
Updated May 06, 2021;
Posted May 06, 2021
People embrace after a school shooting at Rigby Middle School in Rigby, Idaho on Thursday, May 6, 2021. Authorities say a shooting at the eastern Idaho middle school has injured two students and a custodian, and a male student has been taken into custody. (John Roark /The Idaho Post-Register via AP)AP
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BOISE, Idaho A sixth-grade girl brought a gun to her Idaho middle school, shot and wounded two students and a custodian and then was disarmed by a teacher Thursday, 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 pulled a handgun from her backpack and fired multiple rounds inside and outside Rigby Middle School in the small city of Rigby, about 95 miles southwest of Yellowstone National Park.