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News Desk: One person was killed and a police officer wounded in a shooting at a high school in the US state of Tennessee on Monday, police said.<\/p>\nNews Desk: One person was killed and a police officer wounded in a shooting at a high school in the US state of Tennessee on Monday, police said.<\/p>\n
Knoxville city police said on Twitter “multiple gunshot victims” had been reported at Austin-East Magnet High School, before adding in a statement read out on local television that one of the injured had died.<\/p>\n
Officers had responded to reports of a “male subject” who was possibly armed in the school, the Knoxville Police Department said.<\/p>\n
“Upon approach of the subject, shots were fired. A KPD officer was struck at least one time and transported to UT medical center with injuries that are not expected to be life threatening,” the statement said.<\/p>\n
“One male was pronounced deceased at the scene while another was detained for further investigation. There are no other known gunshot victims.”<\/p>\n
City authorities instructed families to gather at a baseball stadium near the school.<\/p>\n
“The school building has been secured and students who were not involved in the incident have been released to their families,” tweeted Bob Thomas, the Knox County schools superintendent.<\/p>\n
Knoxville Mayor Indya Kincannon visited the wounded officer in hospital and told reporters outside that he was conscious and in good spirits.<\/p>\n
“He's going to be okay. And I thanked him for putting his life on the line to protect the students and staff at the school,” said the mayor.<\/p>\n
“And he said he'd rather that he be hurt than anybody else, and is in very good spirits and looking forward to the successful surgery.”<\/p>\n
The United States has been plagued by school shootings since the massacre at Columbine, in the state of Colorado, in April 1999.<\/p>\n
“My message is that we all need to work together to stop the violence,” Kincannon added.<\/p>\n
“We're working together… with parents, with the school system, with community based organizations, we all need to work on this together.”<\/p>\n
Monday's shooting in Tennessee comes on the heels of President Joe Biden unveiling proposals to expand gun control.<\/p>\n
Biden branded gun violence an “epidemic” and an “international embarrassment” during his April 8 speech.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
News Desk: One person was killed and a police officer wounded in a shooting at a high school in the US state of Tennessee on Monday, police said. Knoxville city police said on Twitter “multiple gunshot victims” had been reported at Austin-East Magnet High School, before adding in a statement read out on local television […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":68066,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[2,5],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\t\n\t\n\n\n\t\n