Multiple injuries reported following shooting at Spokane-area school

[brooklynite]

Source: Seattle Times

Multiple injuries are being reported following a shooting at a high school south of Spokane.

The Spokesman-Review says first responders are at Freeman High School in Rockford responding to the shooting. Radio traffic indicated at least five ambulances and a LifeFlight helicopter have been called to the scene, the newspaper reported.

The Spokesman-Review reports five people have been shot and one victim has died.

A suspect has been taken into custody, according to newspaper.

Read more: http://www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news/crime/spokane-schools-locked-down-following-reports-of-shooting/?utm_source=The+Seattle+Times&utm_campaign=2fbe963351-Alert_BREAKING%3A_Multiple_injuries_reported_followi

[shenmue]

1. ...

[mahatmakanejeeves]

2. UPDATE: Spokane County Sheriff confirms five people shot, one dead, shooter in custody at Freeman Hi

UPDATE: Spokane County Sheriff confirms five people shot, one dead, shooter in custody at Freeman High School http://www.spokesman.com/stories/2017/sep/13/shooting-reported-at-freeman-high-school/#/3 …

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[LisaM]

3. Damn it.

It was awful reading about the part where they emergency responders all said they were prepared for this, and that the school had just had a lockdown drill yesterday (it's good that they have both, bad that there is a need for both).

[BlueIdaho]

4. Freeman High School

I live near Rockford, Wa. Here is some further information.

Freeman is a small rural high school with a total enrollment of 327 students covering 9th - 12th grade. Rockford, Wa is a small tight knit community in rural eastern Washington state. Latest news saying the high school has been cleared and the single shooter is in custody.

Given the size of a Rockford and Freeman Hogh School - it is highly likely that most students know the shooter and the victims.

Heartbreaking.

[Coventina]

5. Another day in the life of NRA's America

[Hassin Bin Sober]

6. An armed society is a polite society.

Unless you have some high school grievances then pew pew.

[democrank]

7. This is so heartbreaking.

I hope everyone injured survives.

[BlueIdaho]

8. So Far...

One dead, three at hospital in satisfactory condition. Could be as many as three more on way to hospital - but information is spotty at the moment.

[BlueIdaho]

12. Information Update

It now appears that there are a total of four victims. One sadly shot dead and three in hospital in satisfactory condition. At this time there are no additional victims known.

[OregonBlue]

9. Not surprising. There are a lot of "freedom fighter" gun nut, white supremacists in the Spokane area

[Mr.Bill]

10. I have a stepson in Spokane.

I spent a week or so up there last October. The only black people I saw were basketball players at Gonzaga. Not many other minorities, either. Being from California, it was strange seeing nothing but white people everywhere we went. Very nice people, though.

[grantcart]

13. Americans of Japanese descent are the largest minority in Spokane

When staying there a while back they were filming a movie and urgently requested minorities for extras. We showed up and were on every scene. When I was in college Spokane elected it's first AA mayor. Don't hold your breath for number 2.

[2naSalit]

14. Once upon a time...

like in 2004, I worked for a state agency and my job was to compose a strategy for PIOs to approach minority communities... I found that there is a high number of Hmong and many other SE Asian Islander groups in much of the state, most around Seattle but also a high concentration of Ukranians.

All the same, looking at the census data, roughly 80% of the state's population is white.

https://www.census.gov/quickfacts/WA

[OregonBlue]

15. Yes, they are nice but in the smaller towns around Spokane it is White Supremacist Survivalist

Country. Real Nut cases!!!

[nycbos]

11. Nothing to see here.

We can't talk about guns at this time.


This is the price we pay for freedom.






All we can do is send our thoughts and prayers.