and she hasn t picked up. you get a message they re huddled at the end of the hallway. it s just scary. you just wait. pete do, we have any further was in about who did the shooting and what was behind it? not much. it s believed to have been a student, we re told. we re not sure what weapon the student was carrying. some said they saw the student with what they thought was an assault rifle, an ar-15-type weapon. what we re told about some of the shell casings found near the scene would be consistent with that. there are still no confirmation of either of these facts. what we know for certain is that the shooter is dead. one official says that the shooter died of a self-inflicted wound. secondly, that a student shot by the shooter has also died. and, thirdly, we ve confirmed that a track coach, todd
morgan s accident fighting back tonight on twitter. let s go outfront. and good evening, everyone. i m erin burnett. outfront tonight, breaking news. a sickening image that has become all too familiar to americans around the country, and frankly, people around the world watching this country. students walking single file, arms raised after a gunman opens fire inside their school. today this scene happening outside portland, oregon, a student shot and killed, a teacher injured. and tonight the gunman dead from a self-inflicted wound according to multiple law enforcement officials. the president moments ago made his first comments on this shooting, and he took a broader a moment for a broader comment on gun violence in the united states. take a listen. a lot of people will say that this is a mental health problem. it s not a gun problem. the united states does not have a monopoly on crazy people. it s not the only country that has psychosis.
but didn t. and the police were quickly able to remove the students from the scene there and try to start getting the work of doing the investigation to figure out what exactly happened, why this happened, wolf. we re showing, evan, viewers live pictures. these are parents. they re waiting to be reunited with their children. and that hopefully will happen fairly soon. once again this investigation now under way. one student shot and killed. the shooter dead as well. we don t know the circumstances surrounding the death of the shooter. we don t know a connection, if any, there was between the shooter and the student would was killed. we ll stay on top of the story. we ll continue to follow it. continue to follow the investigation. much more on this story coming up. also, other news, including terrorists who are now in control of major parts of iraq s second largest city. we ll have a live report from our senior international correspondent nic robertson. later, hillary clinton s new
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police also have said that they haven t been able to establish a relationship between the shooter and the victims so they don t have a motive. all right. thank you very much. yesterday was the sixth day in a row that the public place was the place of a murder. the week began with a student shot and wounded at university in a philadelphia area. a teacher s assistant was gunned down on friday. hours ago brain dead and pregmother was removed from machines keeping her alive and the victory came after an emotionally wrenching ordeal. texas hospital kept her body on life support to preserve the