Student Opens Fire at Staff Member, School Cop at Kansas High School
The suspect was in custody Friday afternoon, police said.
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An administrator and a school resource officer at Olathe East High School in Kansas City, Kansas, were shot on Friday, forcing the school to go into lockdown. The condition of the two staff members was unclear, but Olathe police said the two were expected to survive. Police said the shooting happened in the school’s office area after the suspect—a male student at Olathe—was called into the administrator’s office. The student then allegedly shot both the male administrator and the officer before being shot by the officer and taken into custody. Police said they were working with federal authorities to ascertain how the student had a gun on campus and whether he had a prior history with law enforcement, according to KSHB.
CRITICAL INCIDENT: Olathe East High School. School Resource Officer Shot and injured, Administrator Shot and injured. Occurred in Office Area. Suspect in custody. Stand by on reunification area. No active threat at this time. No reports of injured students at this time.
— Olathe Police (@OlathePolice) March 4, 2022
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