Student kills self, wounds four at Cleveland school
By Kim PalmerCLEVELAND (Reuters) - A 14-year-old student shot and wounded two adults and two students 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."
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Two adults and two students were shot and wounded at a high school, SuccessTech Academy, near downtown Cleveland, officials said on Wednesday, and local media said the suspected shooter, also believed to be a student, was dead. (REUTERS/Graphics) |
Jackson also said a third student, a 14-year-old girl, was injured in a fall during the incident at SuccessTech Academy, a specialized school that concentrates on math and technology.
Latisha Hill, a student told one television station students 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 U.S. history.
CNN quoted media reports as saying the suspected gunman in Wednesday's incident was upset at being suspended from school.
One unidentified student said he heard "screaming, gunshots, everything."
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