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Shooting reported at North Carolina high school, suspect at large
2021-09-02
[NYPOST] A shooting at a North Carolina high school Wednesday reportedly left one student injured — and the suspect is in the wind, police said.

Authorities received a call just after 12 p.m. from a school resource officer about a student shot at Mount Tabor High School in Winston-Salem, news station WXII reported.

"One student is injured, all other students are safe," Winston-Salem Police Department wrote on Twitter.

Police said they were still on the hunt for the unidentified shooter Wednesday afternoon.

"We are actively seeking the suspect. We have no confirmed information of any other shootings or injuries," police wrote.

Footage posted to social media showed SWAT teams responding to the scene, and authorities said they had placed the school on lockdown.

"We and the [Winston-Salem Police Department] have secured the campus and are doing everything possible to keep students safe," " authorities wrote on Facebook.

Myrtle Hines, a mother of three, said that her youngest daughter, Shakyra, was in the hallway when gunfire erupted.

"Shakyra said a teacher pulled her into the classroom as she was on her way into the cafeteria," Hines told The Post.

Hines’ older daughter, Frantazia, 19, had also been on the campus to drop off lunch for Shakyra when she overheard a single gunshot, followed by several others seconds later.

"I mean, it’s really scary. I went to Tabor for all four of my years and I’ve never seen anything like this," Frantazia told The Post.

"You can’t trust your kids to be safe at school or home or anywhere anymore."

She was among the families waiting at the local Harris Teeter supermarket, where students were being transported Wednesday afternoon.

"Parents can report there to be reunited with their children," authorities said. "Reunification will take some time as students are being transported in stages. "

One student at the school tweeted she that she waiting to be "bussed out," but expected to be waiting for some time.

"It’s awful," the girl whose profile identified her as Nicki wrote. "I was terrified."

Minutes earlier, she replied to a tweet about an "active shooter" in Winston-Salem.

"Yeah. Mount Tabor High School," Nicki wrote. "We’re okay though."

No further details were provided about the shooting. The condition of the victim has not been released.

"We are actively investigating what happened and will share confirmed information when available," authorities said.
Posted by:Fred

#3  ...but, but schools are Gun Free Zones. How could this happen? How did these minors get ahold of a gun? We have laws against that, right? (do I need to put a /sarc on that?)
Posted by: Procopius2k   2021-09-02 12:49  

#2  Why all the hubbub? Just a Wakandan right of passage..
Posted by: Warthog   2021-09-02 09:38  

#1  Student is shot dead by classmate at North Carolina school: Brave parents CHASED shooter as he fled before police apprehended him 'without incident'
Posted by: Skidmark   2021-09-02 08:11  

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