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Idaho school shooting is one of very few in which a girl is the suspect
Police are trying to determine why the 6th-grader pulled a handgun out of her backpack and shot 2 other students and an adult custodian before she was disarmed by a teacher.
By REBECCA BOONEAssociated Press
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People embrace outside after a shooting at Rigby Middle School in Rigby, Idaho, on Thursday. John Roark /The Idaho Post-Register via Associated Press
BOISE, Idaho 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.
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Sheriff: Girl shoots 3 at Idaho school; teacher disarms her
Police: Teacher disarmed student who shot 3 at Idaho school By Associated Press | May 6, 2021 at 12:29 PM EDT - Updated May 7 at 6:34 AM
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.