good morning, everyone. i m john muller. i m marci gonzalez in for diana perez. we begin with new details overnight about that shooting at a middle school in new mexico. two students were badly hurt and the 12-year-old suspect has been taken to a psychiatric hospital. we re learning it could have been much worse except for the heroic actions of a social studies teachers. here s abc s mary bruce. reporter: it is an all-too-familiar scene. terrified student, panicked parents, another school tragedy. police say a 12-year-old student brought a shotgun to this roswell middle school walking into the gym and opening fire. one student or female subject possibly shot. reporter: two students were hit. the suspect s motive remains unknown, but the shooting could have been far worse were it not for the rapid response of teacher john masterson. he starts to turn and sees that the young man shoots and shoots. mr. masterson begins to talk to him to put it down. the young man p
good morning. good to be with you. i m anne-marie green. a 12-year-old boy who allegedly opened fire at a new mexico middle school has been transferred to a psychiatric hospital. charges are expected to be filed today. police say the seventh grader carried a concealed shotgun into the school in roswell and opened fire yesterday morning. two students were wounded. one is in satisfactory condition, but the other is in critical condition. omar villafranca has our report. reporter: the school day had barely begun in roswell, new mexico. students were gathered in the gym before heading to class when a fellow student entered carrying band instrument case. police say he opened the case, pulled out a 20-gauge shotgun and started shooting. two students were shot, a boy and a girl, as well as a school staff member. reporter: the shooting lasted about ten seconds. that s when the math teacher john masterson approached the gunman. mr. masterson began to talk to him to put it down
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