Community shows support as students return to Rigby Middle School following shooting
Community members from Rigby and other surrounding communities provided students with support including posters, notes of encouragement and lots of smiles. Author: KTVB Staff Updated: 5:05 PM MDT May 11, 2021
RIGBY, Idaho Students at Rigby Middle School returned to school Tuesday morning for the first time since last week s school shooting.
Police say three people were injured when a 6th grade female student opened fire. Two of those injured were students, the other was a staff member.
Community members from Rigby and other surrounding communities provided students with support including posters, notes of encouragement and lots of smiles.
Rigby, ID – Students at Rigby Middle School said that at first they thought their principal had gotten more creative by adding terrifying sounds to a lockdown drill on Thursday after a 6th Grade girl opened fire on her classmates and school staff.
Jefferson County Sheriff Steve Anderson said the girl took a handgun out of her backpack at about 9:15 a.m. on May 6 and opened fire in the middle school’s hallway, the Citizen Times reported.
The girl shot two people inside the school building before she went outside and shot one more person.
A female teacher disarmed the shooter and held her until police arrived, the Associate Press reported.