MASS SHOOTINGS
Explosive Devices Found at School Mass Shooting Site and Nearby – Death Toll Rises, Gun ID’d: Report
Santa Fe, Texas is mourning after a mass school shooting has left at least nine people, the majority reportedly students, dead. But now a new danger has been revealed. According to local reports, there are possible explosive devices at three separate locations.
The first location is Santa Fe High School, the mass shooting scene. But two other locations are homes nearby, about 3 or 4 miles away. Reporters say they are told these potential bombs are related to the shooting.
#BREAKING: Bomb technicians investigate home about 4 miles from deadly Santa Fe HS shooting | @PoojaOnTV is there and will be live on #ABC13 with details: https://t.co/BRV8KuwPis pic.twitter.com/4pzl607bpv
— ABC13 Houston (@abc13houston) May 18, 2018
The Houston Chronicle reports the death toll has risen to 10. That number was not confirmed at the local police press conference minutes ago.
Citing a senior law enforcement official, The Chronicle adds that the suspect “was armed with an AR-15 style rifle, a pistol, a shotgun and pipe bombs, the official said.”
Live video updates via KHOU:
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