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.
BOISE, Idaho (AP) 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. The shooting happened around 9 a.m. Thursday, when police say the girl pulled a handgun out of her […]
The shooting began around 9am on Thursday and caused teachers and students to flee for their lives
The alleged shooter wounded two students and a janitor who were hit in their extremities and were expected to survive
Math teacher Krista Turnblom Gneiting, 45, subdued the girl until cops arrived and took her into custody. She has been praised for her heroic act
A text exchange, between a student at the adjacent Rigby High School and an adult believed to be their mother, was posted by reporter Nate Eaton
RIGBY â A sixth-grade girl brought a gun to her middle school, shot and wounded two students and a custodian and then was disarmed by a teacher, authorities said.
The three were shot in their extremities during the 9:15 a.m. Thursday incident at Rigby Middle School and are expected to survive, officials said at a Thursday afternoon news conference. All three victims were transported via ambulances to Eastern Idaho Regional Medical Center in Idaho Falls following the shooting.
âToday we had the worst nightmare a school district could encounter,â Jefferson School District Superintendent Chad Martin said Thursday following the incident.
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BOISE, Idaho (AP) 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. The shooting happened around 9 a.m. Thursday, when police say the girl pulled a handgun out of her backpack and shot two other students and an adult custodian before she was disarmed by a teacher and held until…