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U.S. NEWS Tuesday 3 december 2019

Student in custody after shooting at Milwaukee-area school

By GRETCHEN EHLKE and an of the Waukesha Police
IVAN MORENO Department, Jack said.
Associated Press Police have not said wheth-
MILWAUKEE (AP) — A police er the student ever fired his
officer shot an armed male weapon. Police said the
student in a classroom at a shooting was an isolated
suburban Milwaukee high incident and that they are
school Monday morning not seeking any other sus-
after the teenager pointed pects.
a gun at officers, a police Andrew Oresick, 16, told
chief said. the Journal Sentinel that
Officers performed life- he was outside his Spanish
saving measures on the class hanging posters with
17-year-old Waukesha other students and their
South High School student, teacher when they heard
who is in custody and in sta- a commotion.
ble condition, and no offi- "These kids start running out
cers or other students were from the classroom directly
injured, Waukesha Police across from us, and one
Chief Russell Jack said. of them goes: 'He's got a
The shooting happened af- gun,'" Oresick recalled. He
ter another student told a said their Spanish teacher
school resource officer that immediately got them into
a classmate had a hand- the classroom.
gun around 10:17 a.m., Parents gathered outside
Jack said. He said the re- and hugged students as
source officer went to the they streamed out of the
classroom to confront the school about 18 miles (30
teen and move other stu- kilometers) west of Mil-
dents in the room to safety. waukee. Some students
Authorities have not said if said they took cover under
other students were in the desks and teachers bar- Waukesha South High School students find their waiting parents and friends and hug after they
leave the building following shots fired inside the school, Monday, December 2, 2019.
classroom during the ensu- ricaded doors when a drill Associated Press
ing standoff, and Jack did was announced.
not immediately respond They told reporters outside student was no longer on ty High School in Benton, contend that arming
to an email seeking clarity. the school that they knew school property. Kentucky; Marjory Stone- teachers and having more
Waukesha police and sher- it wasn't a drill when they Officers went to the man Douglas High School guns in a school will do little
iff's deputies soon arrived at heard two or three gun- 15-year-old boy's home. in Parkland, Florida; and to prevent school shootings
the school and tried to de- shots. He was taken into custody Santa Fe High School in Tex- and that such moves could
escalate the situation to no "It was just really scary," without incident and a fac- as — were unable to stop put kids at greater risk.
avail. Alexis Grady, a senior, told simile firearm was found the rampage. An estimated 43% of pub-
"The suspect would not re- the Journal Sentinel. hidden in the home, police In Parkland, the school's lic schools have an armed
move his hands from his Waukesha North High said. No one was hurt. resource officer remained law enforcement officer
pocket and continued School was placed on School shootings have oc- outside rather than enter on-site, according to a sur-
to ignore officers' com- lockdown after a report casionally shone a spotlight the building to engage the vey by the National Cen-
mands," Jack said. Monday afternoon that on the response by guards shooter and try to end the ter for Education Statistics.
"The suspect removed his a student had a firearm, and school resource of- attack. The survey covered the
handgun from his waist- Waukesha police said. The ficers. Armed school re- Gun-rights advocates be- 2015-16 school year, the
band and pointed it at school resource officer de- source officers have rarely lieve having more armed most recent year surveyed.
the officers. An officer was termined it was possible prevented a school shoot- educators and law en- That figure doesn't include
forced to discharge his fire- the student was inside the ing. forcement in schools will schools with armed private
arm, striking the suspect." school. Last year, armed guards help stop a shooter in his security guards or teach-
The officer who shot the Additional officers respond- at three high-profile school tracks. ers and administrators who
student is an 11-year veter- ed and determined the shootings — Marshall Coun- Gun-control advocates carry firearms.q