The tiroteo ocurrió despies that the officers in Knoxville respond to a report about an armed man in the Austin-East Magnet Secondary School on Monday, the Knoxville police said in a statement.
The agents will meet the subject, later identified as a student, inside a school building, said David Rausch, director of the Tennessee Investigation Office.
“Following information, discourse and hiring an official”, dijo Rausch a los periodistas. “Unofficial abrió fuego en respuesta”.
The officer was taken to the pier and found himself buried in a local hospital, said Knoxville police officer Eve Thomas.
Has not been identified as a student. However, it is clear that the student is planning to use the school’s arm, Dijo Rausch, and agrees that the missing student has the “enfrentaron” officials.
Rausch informs that another person that the local authorities will probably destroy was a testament.
“The school facilities have insured and the students who were not involved in the incident have been involved with their families,” said Bob Thomas, superintendent of the Knox County school district, who described the situation as a tragedy.
The governor of Tennessee, Bill Lee, made a statement to the victims and his family during a press conference, saying that he knew more about the situation.
Various students and alumni of this secondary school will be attending this year, even if no one is assigned to the school dormitory, WBIR information, affiliate of our German NBC News network.
With information from The Associated Press and NBC News.