Idaho teacher Krista Gneiting, 45, recounted in a recent interview the moment she disarmed a sixth-grade girl who d just shot three people on May 6 before pulling her in for a hug
Eastern Idaho was stunned last Thursday morning when two children and an adult were injured in a shooting at Rigby Middle School.
The Post Register reported that Jefferson County Sheriff Steve Anderson described the shooter as a sixth-grade girl who attended the school but lives in Idaho Falls. Anderson said the shooter drew a gun from a backpack and shot three people before being stopped by a teacher.
âWeâre definitely having a lot of conversations about the shooting and about safety,â said Teton School District 401 superintendent Monte Woolstenhulme on Friday. âItâs a tragic situation but it was a real blessing that the injuries werenât more severe and the staff intervened so quickly to keep the students safe.â
BALTIMORE, MD (WEAA) Idaho officials say a sixth grade girl brought a gun to her middle school on Thursday and injured 3 people before being disarmed by a teacher.
According to Jefferson County Sheriff Steve Anderson, the student pulled a handgun from her backpack and fired multiple rounds inside and outside Rigby Middle School.
“Our children are being exposed right now to another type of world”, says Dr. Kaye. “Who should be held responsible?”
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.
Students comforted each other as the events unfolded inside a school where 1,500 students in sixth through eighth grades attend. We were freaking out a few kids were crying. Some kid was sitting next to me I was trying to rub his back, make him feel better, Maren King, a seventh grader, told Local News 8. Moments before, Maren thought the noises were the school principal s attempt to make a lockdown drill seem more realistic.
Lucy Long also comforted her friends as they lined up against a wall, locked down in their classroom. The sixth-grader told the Post Register newspaper in Idaho Falls that she began recording on her phone so police would know what happened if the shooter came in.