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The Independent’s rolling coverage of a mass shooting at a high school in Knoxville, Tennessee.
Multiple gunshot victims have been reported at Austin-East Magnet High School, including a police officer responding to the scene.
Law enforcement says the situation is no longer considered “active.”
Graig Graziosi12 April 2021 21:27
Police establish reunification site behind school
Police in Knoxville issued a tweet saying they have established a reunification site at a baseball field behind Austin-East Magnet High School in the wake of a shooting that left multiple people, including a police officer, injured.
Police said in the tweet that the situation was still active, contradicting earlier information claiming that she situation was no longer active.