A shooting occurred at Santa Fe High School in Galveston County, Texas on Friday morning. There were at least 8 fatalities, at least 18 injured, and the gunman, a student, is in custody. The death toll is expected to rise. Santa Fe police, Galveston County Sheriff’s Office, Harris County Sheriff’s office, ATF, and FBI all responded to the incident. Santa Fe is about 30 miles from Houston.
Update: possible explosive devices were found as well.
JUST IN: “Possible explosive devices have been located at the school and off campus,” Santa Fe ISD says.
“Law enforcement is in the process of rendering them safe. School has been evacuated.” https://t.co/LojbDikBdA pic.twitter.com/GyiexKEwlW
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Students stated that the gunman walked into a first period art class just before 8 a.m. CDT and opened fire. One of the injured is a police officer, but the extent of his injuries is unknown. Eight others were confirmed dead. The gunman is in custody and one other person was detained, although reports were sketchy about the second person, according to Fox26.
As the alarms went off and students began running out of the classroom, the school went into immediate lockdown. According to one report, the student who came into the classroom was armed with a sawed off shotgun and a handgun, but that has not been confirmed.
Texas Governor Greg Abbott was on his way to the scene.
RT ABC “JUST IN: Pres. Trump on Texas high school shooting: “School shooting in Texas. Early reports not looking good. God bless all!” https://t.co/DrPxIyYPYV pic.twitter.com/85y8LzbtSn“
— WLEN Radio (@WLENRADIO1039fm) May 18, 2018
DEVELOPING: Reports of active shooter at Santa Fe high school in Texas. https://t.co/1RMSH73b3u pic.twitter.com/JOqE70b6HM
— Fox News (@FoxNews) May 18, 2018
#SchoolShooting Police are responding to reports of an active shooter at Santa Fe High School just outside Houston,Texas.
The school is on lockdown. pic.twitter.com/Nn23AW4lOB
— JUSTICE LANE (@iamjusticelane) May 18, 2018
BREAKING: Multiple fatalities in Santa Fe, Texas high school shooting, law enforcement officials tell @ABC. https://t.co/JIsHFXfNJz
— Laurence Arlidge (@LaurenceArlidge) May 18, 2018
#UPDATE Vice principal at Santa Fe High School says suspect in custody after active shooter incident https://t.co/ohEvCs5FQL pic.twitter.com/pder370Wq1
— CBS4 Indy (@CBS4Indy) May 18, 2018
#BREAKING: There have been confirmed injuries according to the Santa Fe School District after an active shooter situation. https://t.co/l6pzf0Tor6 pic.twitter.com/6d3vzQvbaP
— CBS 6 Albany – WRGB (@CBS6Albany) May 18, 2018
Report: Multiple fatalities at Texas high school shooting https://t.co/b1Es2Qawur
— Chrissy Morton (@chrissywsyx6) May 18, 2018
Featured photo via Twitter/Harris County Sheriff