Shooting at school in the United States: one dead and several seriously injured

An 18-year-old student died yesterday after a shootout that also injured several people in a school in the suburbs of Denver, in the western United States, police said.

Two suspects, young people enrolled at STEM School in Highlands Ranch, Colorado, were arrested on campus, Douglas County Commissioner Douglas told a press conference.

Afterwards, Commissioner Tony Spurlock had indicated that "eight students", all over the age of 15, had been hospitalized after being "shot and wounded" during the shooting, about ten kilometers from Columbine, scene in 1999 one of the worst mbadacres in the history of the United States. Several wounded were in a "critical state", he said.

Subsequently, the sheriff's services posted on Twitter: "It is with deep sadness that we confirmed the death of a student in STEM", without specifying a new balance.

The shooting erupted shortly before 2 pm, at the local STEM secondary school, which included 1,800 children and adolescents from kindergarten to high school.

The first police arrived "about two minutes" after being notified by the school and arrested the suspects, said the commissioner, noting that "this quick response from the agents helped save lives".

"We know that two people entered the STEM school and went to the premises where they attacked students separately in two different locations," Spurlock told the press conference.

He also stated that he suspected that the detainees, who are "not injured," were also students at this school.

The White House said President Donald Trump had been informed of the incident "and continues to monitor the situation."

"Unfortunately, this community and its entourage know all too well about these horrendous acts of hate-motivated violence," said a spokesman for the executive branch.

Source: Telefe News