Three killed including suspect in St. Louis high school shooting
CHICAGO, Oct. 24 (Xinhua) -- At least three people were killed, including the suspect, and seven others were injured in a shooting Monday morning at a high school in St. Louis, in the U.S. state of Missouri.
A woman died at hospital, and a teen girl was pronounced dead inside the school, both of gunshot wounds, St. Louis Post-Dispatch reported.
The suspect, a male estimated to be in his 20s, was shot inside the school and pronounced dead at hospital.
The shooting was reported after 9 a.m. local time at Central Visual &Performing Arts High School. By 9:30 a.m., the entire area was blocked off by police, ambulances and a SWAT van. Students and staff streamed from the school with hands in the air.
The police did not indicate how the shooter got inside the building, the report said.
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