Two people, a woman and a teenaged girl, were killed and several wounded in a shooting at a high school in St. Louis, Missouri Monday. The gunman was killed by police. The toll could have been worse, a student witness said the shooter’s gun jammed. Another student witness said the shooter was w white man.
Police said the shooter was a male about 20 years old.
The shooting took place around 9 a.m. CDT at the Central Visual and Performing Arts High School, which shares a building with the Collegiate School of Medicine and Bioscience. Both schools were placed on lockdown but only CVPA was targeted by the gunman. (The school was misidentified in early reports.)
Massive police presence at Cleveland School at the intersection of Arsenal and Kingshighway in St. Louis. Three people injured. #breaking #breakingnews pic.twitter.com/PoTyIKdDTz
— FOX2now (@FOX2now) October 24, 2022
A teen and an adult were killed in a shooting at Central Visual and Performing Arts High School in St. Louis on Monday morning, police Commissioner Michael Sack said.
Police located the shooter, and he was shot during an exchange of gunfire, he said. He was later pronounced as deceased, Sack said. Police previously said the gunman was in custody.
Authorities did not immediately identify the victims or the shooter, but Sack said during a news conference those slain were a woman who was pronounced dead at a hospital and a teen girl who was killed at the scene. The shooter was a man who appeared to be about 20 years old, he said.
Eight victims were transported to an area hospital, the commissioner said.
Video reportedly taken outside the school captures the sound of gunfire:
Disturbing footage shows parents gathered outside screaming as gunfire goes off inside the school pic.twitter.com/53kkuB5aDc
— Intel Point ALERT (@IntelPointAlert) October 24, 2022
A student posted video of his class being evacuated:
Just wanted to share a video from inside the school #CVPA #CSMB #schoolshooting pic.twitter.com/v0q672qrlw
— Max (@wrappedyoutv) October 24, 2022
Traumatized students spoke to the media, with one describing the shooter’s gun jamming:
The shooter’s gun jammed and 16-year-old Taniya Gholston made it out from Central Visual Performing Arts school. @stltoday pic.twitter.com/UgYW4S3LFc
— Kim Bell (@kbellpd) October 24, 2022
I spoke with 16-year-old Yurisky Velazquez Vera, a sophomore at CVPA as she walked away from the school with her mom. She says she saw her teacher get shot today. pic.twitter.com/pv3O0x98WN
— Kate Grumke (@KGrumke) October 24, 2022
We’re on the scene after reports of a school shooting at @SLPS_INFO‘s Central Performing and Visual Arts High School.
Sarah Lewis is a senior at the high school. She describes what happened while she was in class: pic.twitter.com/j7qXGDF1Ej
— St. Louis Public Radio (@stlpublicradio) October 24, 2022
One student said the shooter was a white man and that he shot her teacher:
It’s crazy how one day a mf wakes up and decides they wanna kill innocent people a school shooting though ? That’s crazy PRAYERS GO OUT TO THE FAMILIES !
#CVPA HIGHSCHOOL SHOOTING #StLouisMo #schoolshooting #foxnews #Prayer #School
3 deceased 1 Teacher 1 Student 1 Suspect pic.twitter.com/v47XZaaSJ8
— KeyanneDenise (@Kierra_Dinease) October 24, 2022
KMOX-AM/FM reporter Debbie Monterrey spoke about getting text messages from her daughter while at work:
“This morning I was on the air @kmoxnews when my daughter began texting me that her school was on lockdown. Sirens. Screaming. Then I have to begin talking ON THE AIR about the latest school shooting in America. My daughter’s school…I had to maintain my composure and be professional while the mom in me wanted to run out of the room. When she texted that she was out and safe, and we went to commercial, I started crying. Then @caroldanielKMOX hugged me and it was …My daughter’s school is Collegiate School of Medicine and Bioscience, which shares the building with CVPA (Central Visual and Performing Arts). We shouldn’t have to live this way. Props to CSMB & CVPA for their leadership at to @SLMPD for quick/decisive action.”
This morning I was on the air @kmoxnews when my daughter began texting me that her school was on lockdown. Sirens. Screaming. Then I have to begin talking ON THE AIR about the latest school shooting in America. My daughter’s school.
— Debbie Monterrey (@DebbieMonterrey) October 24, 2022
My daughter’s school is Collegiate School of Medicine and Bioscience, which shares the building with CVPA (Central Visual and Performing Arts). We shouldn’t have to live this way. Props to CSMB & CVPA for their leadership at to @SLMPD for quick/decisive action.
— Debbie Monterrey (@DebbieMonterrey) October 24, 2022
Video from last month of CVPA students performing:
What a performance by the CVPA dancers to end last night’s Citywide Plan for Education meeting! pic.twitter.com/fopVqNj3te
— Saint Louis Public Schools (@SLPS_INFO) September 29, 2022
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