German Lopez · Thursday, September 08, 2016, 12:41 pm
The shooting comes just two weeks after the Texas school year began.
A female student shot and injured another female student before shooting and killing herself at Alpine High School in Brewster County, Texas, according to Brewster County Sheriff Ronny Dodson.
A police officer at the school was injured by accidental friendly fire. The local hospital is treating two injured individuals, according to BuzzFeed.
The shooting comes just two weeks into the school year. It marks the second shooting in a high school this academic year, according to Everytown for Gun Safety, with the first taking place in Tulsa, Oklahoma.
The school, which has about 280 students, was placed on lockdown and students were evacuated in response to the shooting.
So far, we don’t know anything about the shooter's potential motives or her identity.
The shooting is a devastating tragedy, but unfortunately one that Americans are increasingly familiar with. As more of these events end up in the news, the country is consistently forced to consider why the US, more than any other developed nation, suffers from such extraordinary levels of gun violence. And it seems easy access to firearms provide one answer.
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http://www.vox.com/2016/9/8/12849026/alpine-high-school-shooting-texas
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