By Bill Galluccio
May 6, 2021
Three people were shot at a middle school in Idaho on Thursday (May 6) morning. Officers responded to an active shooter situation at Rigby Middle School at 9:15 a.m. and found two students and an adult custodian suffering from gunshot wounds.
Officials said they have been transported to the hospital, and their injuries are not considered life-threatening.
Authorities took a female student into custody but have not said what motivated the shooting. Today, we had the worst nightmare a school district could encounter. We had a school shooting here at Rigby Middle School, Jefferson School District Superintendent
Doctor says condition of school shooting victims is an ‘absolute blessing’
East Idaho News
RIGBY, Idaho (East Idaho News) It is an “absolute blessing” that two students and a custodian were not more seriously injured or killed after being shot Thursday morning at Rigby Middle School.
Dr. Michael Lemon, the trauma medical director at Eastern Idaho Regional Medical Center, said during a news conference at the Jefferson School District Office that three victims sustained non-life-threatening injuries and should recover.
The school employee was shot one time in what Lemon described as a “through and through extremity” injury. He was treated and released by Thursday afternoon. One student was shot once in an extremity and may require surgery, according to Lemon. The other student was potentially shot twice, and two limbs were hit.
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May 7, 2021 by archyde
A girl opened fire this Thursday (05/06/2021) at a school in the northwestern state of Idaho, wounding two students and a janitor before being disarmed by a teacher, police said.
The student at Rigby High School near Idaho Falls – whose name remained withheld – is in sixth grade, making her 11 or 12 years old.
The girl “pulled a pistol out of her backpack, fired multiple rounds in and out of the school,” Jefferson County Sheriff Steve Anderson said.
The sheriff said the injuries sustained by two students and a school staff member are not life threatening. Idaho Falls Fire Department spokesperson Kerry Hammon said the three injured are stable.
Mental health counselors offer insight for handling grief, emotions of children following school shooting
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A father escorts his daughter from the Rigby High school after a school shooting Thursday morning. | Photo courtesy IdahoEdNews.org
RIGBY Having a conversation with a child following a traumatic event is paramount in maintaining mental health.
But how do you broach that subject? How do you handle talking to your child about events like Thursday morning’s school shooting at Rigby Middle School? How do you handle that conversation once it is initiated?
Christine Cardona, a licensed professional counselor at Answers, LLC in Idaho Falls, says the first step is to be completely open and up front. And don’t be afraid, ashamed or too shy to seek assistance.