St. Louis police responded to the school within minutes and neutralized the suspect
A teenage student and an adult teacher were killed after a gunman opened fire at a St. Louis, Missouri high school, prompting a brief shootout with police before the attacker was shot dead. Seven others were wounded during the shooting.
The assailant, since identified as 19-year-old Orlando Harris, entered Central Visual and Performing Arts High School just after 9am on Monday morning armed with a rifle, according to the St. Louis Metropolitan Police. A call for an active shooter came just moments later, when Harris began firing, sending panicked students fleeing from the building.
Local officials said officers “quickly” responded and stopped the attack, with a police timeline showing that officers arrived around 9:15am, engaged the suspect in a firefight at 9:23am, and shot him dead just two minutes later. By 9:52am, the building had been fully cleared.
