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US school shooter kills himself
10/10/2007 22:58 - (SA)
Cleveland - A 14-year-old pupil shot
and wounded two adults and two pupils at a high school near
downtown Cleveland, and then killed himself, authorities said
on Wednesday.
Mayor Frank Jackson said: "He has committed suicide as I
understand it."
The wounded were two men aged 42 and 57 and two male
pupils, ages 17 and 14.
Jackson also said a third pupil, a 14-year-old girl, was
injured in a fall during the incident at SuccessTech Academy, a
specialised school that concentrates on maths and technology.
Latisha Hill told one television station pupils began taking cover when the emergency command was
announced and she locked herself in a bathroom until police
knocked on the door and let her out.
"All I know is I heard the principal yell 'code blue',"
Hill said.
The incident was the latest in a string of shootings in
recent years in schools that have shaken the United States. A
student at Virginia Tech college killed 32 students and staff
in April, then himself, in the worst shooting rampage in modern
US history.
CNN quoted media reports as saying the suspected gunman in
Wednesday's incident was upset at being suspended from school.
One unidentified pupil said he heard "screaming,
gunshots, everything".
- Reuters
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