UPDATED – Live Stream: FBI On Scene Of School Shooting Where Several Reportedly Shot
The FBI is on the scene at a Seattle-area high school. Several people, including two students, have reportedly been shot.
The shooting reportedly happened around lunch time at Pilchuck High School near Seattle, Washington. Students are being transported to a local area church. MSNBC reported about six people may have been shot, including two students, who have been transported to a hospital.
The FBI and the police are on scene.
Police: A student believed to have opened fire at Marysville-Pilchuck HS is dead from a self-inflicted gunshot wound: http://t.co/1pQTdefFD7
— The Seattle Times (@seattletimes) October 24, 2014
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UPDATE I 3:25 PM ET:
MSNBC reports the shooter was a student and reports he is dead. An on-air witness who says he is a student at the school, says he saw and knew the shooter and says three students were shot and fell to the ground. “He was always a very nice kid,” says the witness who was identified as “Austin.”
UPDATE II 3:30 PM ET:
Austin says the shooter was a freshman and member of the high school football team.
UPDATE III 4:05 PM ET:
Police confirm the shooter is dead and confirm a second person is dead. That person is unidentified and police have not said if the second person was a student or a member of the staff.
UPDATE IV 5:10 PM ET:
MSNBC reports the shooter’s name was Jaylen Fryberg.
This is the final update in this post.
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This is a breaking news story and all details are fluid and subject to update.
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