BOISE, Idaho (AP) 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 victims were shot in their limbs and 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 (145 kilometers) southwest of Yellowstone National Park.
A female teacher disarmed the girl and held her until law enforcement 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.
Victims expected to survive attack, which ended when teacher disarmed student, authorities say
People embrace outside after a shooting at Rigby middle school in Rigby, Idaho, on Thursday. Photograph: John Roark/AP
People embrace outside after a shooting at Rigby middle school in Rigby, Idaho, on Thursday. Photograph: John Roark/AP
AssociatedPress
Thu 6 May 2021 19.55 EDT
A sixth-grade girl shot two students and a custodian at an Idaho middle school on Thursday before being disarmed by a teacher, authorities said.
The Jefferson county sheriff, Steve Anderson, said the girl had fired multiple rounds inside and outside Rigby middle school in the small city of Rigby, about 95 miles south-west of Yellowstone national park.
Sixth Grade Girl Pulls Handgun Out At School And Shoots Three People
Stewart Perrie
3:38 AM, May 07 2021 GMT+1
A sixth grade student has been taken into custody after a school shooting in the US state of Idaho.
US media report the unnamed girl pulled out a handgun out of her backpack after arriving at the Rigby Middle School in Rigby.
She unloaded several bullets in the hallway of the school, injuring two students and an adult.
The gunshots sent students and adults fleeing in terror and many hid in hope they wouldn t become another statistic in America s unending school shooting nightmare.
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People embrace outside the high school where people were evacuated after a shooting at the nearby Rigby Middle School earlier Thursday, May 6, 2021, in Rigby, Idaho. Authorities said that two students and a custodian were injured, and a male student has been taken into custody. (AP Photo/Natalie Behring)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 (145 kilometers) southwest of Yellowstone National Par