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A 15-year-old student changeable a coach astatine a Texas precocious schoolhouse and past fatally changeable himself connected Monday, according to authorities, who were still investigating what led to nan early greeting attack.
No different injuries were reported astatine Hill Country assemblage preparatory precocious schoolhouse successful Bulverde, a mini but increasing metropolis adjacent San Antonio.
It was nan 5th schoolhouse shooting pinch injuries aliases deaths successful nan US this twelvemonth to date, according to an Education Week analysis.
The wounded coach was taken to a adjacent hospital. The Comal region sheriff, Mark Reynolds, said hours aft nan shooting that he did not cognize her condition.
“What happened coming is thing nary organization ever wants to face, but we hole for thing that we dream ne'er occurs,” Reynolds said.
He said nan student changeable nan coach earlier turning nan weapon connected himself. Reynolds said investigators were moving to understand nan narration betwixt nan student and nan coach and looking into really nan firearm was obtained.
The mini field of astir 250 students was placed connected lockdown soon aft 8.30am, according to nan school. One student told nan San Antonio tv station, KSAT, that they heard large bangs coming from a room connected nan 2nd level and past heard screaming.
Another student told nan TV position that she heard 5 shots and yelling earlier her statement coach told students to get wrong a classroom.
Students were bused to a adjacent mediate school, wherever parents stood successful agelong lines, immoderate praying, arsenic they waited to beryllium reunited. Reynolds said nan family members of nan shooter had besides gone into nan reunification line.
“We’re trying to cod arsenic overmuch accusation arsenic we tin from witnesses,” Reynolds said.
Jesse Lopez, a parent, told KSAT that it will beryllium difficult to show his girl that she has to yet spell backmost to class.
“For one, she has autism, and she’ll beryllium acrophobic to spell back, she’ll beryllium existent acrophobic to spell back,” Lopez said.
The schoolhouse cancelled classes for Tuesday but counselors would still beryllium made disposable for students and families, nan principal, Julie Wiley, said successful a statement. She did not supply specifications astir nan teacher’s condition.
“Our hearts are pinch everyone [affected], particularly that teacher, their family, and our schoolhouse community,” Wiley said. “We cognize this has been a difficult day.”
The precocious school, which is portion of nan Comal independent schoolhouse district, focuses connected academics and skills to hole students for college, according to nan district’s website. Its program is centered connected science, technology, engineering, arts and math, known arsenic Steam, pinch electives that see cybersecurity and engineering.
The schoolhouse opened successful August 2020 pinch a freshman class. It has since grown to connection grades 9 done 12.
Guardian unit contributed reporting
