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By Mark Osborne
1 day ago A female middle school student opened fire on classmates in Rigby, Idaho, on Thursday, officials said. Two students and one adult were injured, police said. The adult 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. Both will remain in the hospital overnight, and may require surgery, hospital officials said at a press conference. The sixth grader removed a handgun from her backpack and began firing just after 9 a.m., the Jefferson County Sheriff s Office said at the press conference. Two people were shot in a school hallway, before she moved outside and another person was shot, the sheriff s office said.
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.
A teacher, identified as
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.
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.
A teacher, identified as
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.
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Students are seen leaving Rigby Middle School after a shooting that wounded three Thursday morning. | Eric Grossarth, EastIdahoNews.com
RIGBY Schools in Jefferson County plan to reopen Tuesday after a school shooting at Rigby Middle School wounded three.
Jefferson County School District 251 Superintendent Chad Martin said in a news release that the decision to return to school next week comes after meeting with teachers, staff and mental health professionals. The district closed all schools Friday and classes are canceled Monday following Thursday’s shooting.
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A sixth-grade girl pulled a handgun from a backpack at her eastern Idaho school on Thursday and opened fire, hitting two fellow students and a member of school staff and inflicting non-life-threatening injuries on them, officials said.
The girl was disarmed by a teacher at Rigby Middle School in Rigby, Idaho, a remote community about 270 miles (435 km) east of Boise, and held until law enforcement arrived, Jefferson County Sheriff Steve Anderson said. Her name and exact age weren’t immediately released. “She fired multiple rounds inside of the school and out,” Anderson said at a news conference. “We don’t have a lot of details of why.