ROCKFORD, Wash. (AP) — One person was killed and three others were injured in shooting at high school in Washington state, according to a fire official.
Brian Schaeffer of the Spokane Fire Department said the threat “has been eliminated” at Freeman High School in Rockford, south of Spokane. He wouldn’t release the conditions of those injured or any additional details.
Annie Baxter, whose two daughters attend Freeman Middle School across the street from the high school, told The Spokesman-Review that children were running into buildings when she pulled up to the school area about 10:15 a.m.
She says classes were about to begin because it’s a “late start” day.
All schools in the Spokane district were placed on lockdown as a precautionary measure.
Spokane Public Schools said on Twitter that the school is no longer on lockdown.
No information was immediately available on who opened fire.