From Al Jazeera: Knoxville shooting: One dead, officer wounded at Tennessee school

[abqtommy]

Police in the US city of Knoxville, Tennessee, say one person has died and a police officer has been wounded in an incident at a local high school on Monday afternoon.

In a statement shared on Twitter, the Knoxville Police Department (KPD) said law enforcement officers responded to a report “of a male subject who was possibly armed” at Austin-East Magnet High School in Knoxville.

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The officer was struck at least once, police said and transported to hospital with non-life threatening injures.

“One male was pronounced deceased at the scene, while another was detained for further investigation,” the KPD said in its statement, adding that no other gunshot victims were known.

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https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2021/4/12/us-multiple-victims-reported-in-school-shooting-in-tennessee

[bullwinkle428]

1. How utterly depressing - school shootings are literally not even a

blip on the radar anymore.

[cinematicdiversions]

6. sadly once the media learns what kind of shooter and what kind of school it is.

It is no longer news.

[berniesandersmittens]

7. ✔

[SheltieLover]

2. I've read this is 4th student death due to shooting this year!

This school was reportedly closed due to safety concerns after 3 students in as many weeks were murdered by gunfire in as many weeks!

[pwb]

3. Tennessee just passed a law that requires no permit at all to carry..

The schools must be full of guns now. Who would have expected this ha? Karma.

[jimfields33]

4. Are you serious? 87 percent minority enrollment,

A top school across the country. This is a terrible situation. Karma? Spit.

[abqtommy]

5. K&R