Several students are reported to have been killed after a shotgun-wielding shooter opened fire in a high school art class.
A federal official told KHOU11 that there had been ‘multiple student fatalities’ at Santa Fe High School after Friday morning’s shooting, and said the gunman was a student who attended the school.
An ABC13 helicopter saw a sheet that appeared to be covering a body around the back of Santa Fe High School after the shooting Friday morning.
They spotted the grim sight around 9:45am ET Friday morning, although neither sheriff’s deputies nor the school district have confirmed any fatalities.
A school district spokesman said around 10:15am ET: ‘The situation is active but has been contained, there are confirmed injuries.’
They did not comment on the extent of the injuries.
Sheriff’s deputies said shortly after 10am ET that the shooter has been contained, and is now believed to be in custody.
A student in the art class said a girl was shot in the leg, and described her as being covered in blood in the immediate aftermath.
It happened first period, with one eyewitness reporting that he heard seven shots, with a student pulling the school’s fire alarm after seeing the shotgun-wielding shooter enter the building.
The student, called Vaughn, said: ‘My friend saw a guy with a gun, so he pulled the fire alarm.
‘I heard three shots, ran to the trees, called mom, heard four more shots. ‘There was a girl that was saw coming this way, she had a bandage around her kneecap.
some people came and got her, some firemen.’ Vaughn also told ABC13 that the school had at least one armed resource officer, although it is not yet clear whether they fired any of the shots, or contained the shooter before SWAT teams arrived.
Another student claimed the shooter had thrown ‘bombs’ as he began shooting. At least three life flight helicopters arrived soon after, with eight others seen being put in ambulances, with the extent of their injuries unclear. Students said they had undertaken drills to prepare for such a shooting – and that a false alarm had triggered panic in February this year.
A student called Nikki was in the class where the incident happened, and told ABC13 after: ‘There was someone that walked in with a shotgun and started shooting and this girl got shot in the leg.’
Fellow student Layla Butler added ‘Iwas at school in first period, the fire alarms went off. We went outside, administrators were yelling at us to get off the street.’
A school district spokesman said: ‘This morning an incident occurred at the high school involving an active shooter.
‘The district has initiated a lockdown at the high school. We will send out additional information as soon as it is available. This is a breaking news story.
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