3 injured in US middle school shooting; suspect captured
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Students were being evacuated to a nearby high school.
A shooting at an eastern Idaho middle school Thursday has injured two students and a custodian, and a male student has been taken into custody, authorities say.
The victims’ injuries are not believed to be life-threatening, Jefferson County Sheriff Steve Anderson said.
“Today we had the worst nightmare a school district could encounter. We had a school shooting here at Rigby Middle School,” Jefferson School District Superintendent Chad Martin said. “What we know so far is the shooter has been apprehended. There is no further threat to the students.”
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RIGBY, Idaho It is an absolute blessing that two students and a custodian were not more seriously injured or killed after being shot Thursday morning at Rigby Middle School.
Dr. Michael Lemon, the trauma medical director at Eastern Idaho Regional Medical Center, said during a news conference at the Jefferson School District Office that three victims sustained injuries that were not life-threatening injuries and should recover.
The school employee was shot one time in what Lemon described as a through-and-through extremity injury. He was treated and released by Thursday afternoon. One student was shot once in an extremity and may require surgery, according to Lemon. The other student was potentially shot twice, and two limbs were hit.
6th-grade girl shoots 3 at Idaho school before being disarmed by teacher, authorities say
By Kelly Hayes
RIGBY, Idaho - A sixth-grade female student was taken into custody Thursday after bringing a gun to school in Idaho and shooting multiple people before being disarmed by a teacher, authorities said.
Officials said the student pulled the handgun from her backpack and fired multiple rounds inside and outside Rigby Middle School, located in a small city just outside of Idaho Falls. Two students and a custodian were wounded.
Jefferson County Sheriff Steve Anderson said all three victims were shot in their extremities and are expected to survive their injuries.
Sheriff: Girl shoots 3 at Idaho school; teacher disarms her
Police: Teacher disarmed student who shot 3 at Idaho school By Associated Press | May 6, 2021 at 12:29 PM EDT - Updated May 7 at 6:34 AM
BOISE, Idaho (AP) 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.