1 dead, officer injured after gunfire erupts at high school in Knoxville, Tennessee.
The shooting occurred after officers responded to a report of an armed person at Austin-East Magnet High School.
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One person was killed and a police officer was injured Monday in a shooting at a high school in Tennessee, authorities said.
Gunfire erupted after officers in Knoxville responded to a report of an armed person at Austin-East Magnet High School on Monday afternoon, Knoxville police said in a statement.
It wasn’t clear whether the person, who was identified only as a male, was a student. When officers approached him, “shots were fired,” the statement said. The person was killed, and a police officer was struck at least once, suffering what the department said were non-life-threatening injuries.
A second person was detained for further investigation, authorities said.
The department did not immediately identify anyone involved in the incident.
Earlier, Knox County Schools Superintendent Bob Thomas said that the school had been secured and that students who weren’t involved were being released to their families. Thomas said the incident was “tragic.”
State and federal authorities responded, including the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives. In a news conference about students’ returning to in-school learning, Tennessee Gov. Bill Lee asked people to pray for the victims and their families. Read more from NBC.
