Sixth-grade girl accused of opening fire at Idaho middle school, wounding 3
May 7, 2021 / 6:51 AM / AP 3 wounded in Idaho middle school shooting
A sixth-grade girl brought a gun to her Idaho middle school and shot and wounded three people before she was disarmed by a teacher, authorities said Thursday. Two students and a custodian were shot in their extremities and were expected to survive, officials said.
Jefferson County Sheriff Steve Anderson said the girl pulled a handgun from her backpack and fired multiple rounds inside and outside Rigby Middle School in the small city of Rigby, about 95 miles southwest of Yellowstone National Park.
âWorst nightmare a school district could encounterâ
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Share It s an absolute blessing that they weren t hurt worse, said Michael Lemon, a trauma medical director at Eastern Idaho Regional Medical Center.
He was speaking after a girl opened fire at a school in the north-western US state of Idaho on Thursday, injuring three people before being disarmed by a teacher, police said.
The unnamed student at Rigby Middle School near Idaho Falls was in the sixth grade, meaning she would likely be aged 11 or 12.
She retrieved a handgun from her backpack, fired multiple rounds inside of the school and out , said Jefferson County sheriff Steve Anderson.
Rigby Idaho Middle School shooting by sixth grade girl. Pictured, Jim Wilson Rigby janitor and Krista Gneiting Rigby Idaho school teacher.
Rigby Idaho Middle School shooting by sixth grade girl. Pictured, Jim Wilson Rigby janitor and Krista Gneiting Rigby Idaho school teacher.
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Two students and one adult were injured, police said. The adult, identified as a school custodian and janitor,
Jim Wilson, was treated and released from Eastern Idaho Regional Medical Center, while the two students one girl and one boy had non-life-threatening injuries, officials said according to
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A sixth-grade girl brought a gun to her Idaho middle school, shot and wounded two students and a custodian and then was disarmed by a teacher Thursday, authorities said.
The three victims were shot in their limbs and expected to survive, officials said at a news conference. Jefferson County Sheriff Steve Anderson says the girl pulled a handgun from her backpack and fired multiple rounds inside and outside Rigby Middle School in the small city of Rigby, about 95 miles (145 kilometers) southwest of Yellowstone National Park.
A female teacher disarmed the girl and held her until law enforcement arrived and took her into custody, authorities said, without giving other details. Authorities say they re investigating the motive for the attack and where the girl got the gun.
By Bill Galluccio
May 7, 2021
Authorities in Idaho are still trying to determine why a sixth-grader came to school with a gun and shot three people. The female student, who has not been identified, reportedly shot two people inside Rigby Middle School and then shot a third person outside.
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Two of the victims were students, and the other was a well-liked custodian, identified as
Jim Wilson. According to the
Idaho State Journal, Wilson was shot when he stepped in between the shooter and two students who were wounded. All three were taken to the hospital with non-life-threatening injuries. Wilson has been released from the hospital, while the other two students remain hospitalized in fair condition.