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<\/p>\nAt Least 8 Dead in Texas High School Shooting<\/b>
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At least 8 fatalities have been reported at a school shooting in Santa Fe, Texas. Santa Fe is 30 miles south of Houston.<\/p>\n
KHOU reports<\/a>:<\/p>\n Harris County Sheriff Ed Gonzalez confirms one suspect, believed to be a student, is in custody. A second person has been detained.<\/p>\n The gunfire was first reported before 8 a.m. Friday. Witnesses said at least one suspect came into the school and opened fire in an art class. Some students also said the shooter was throwing explosives into a classroom.<\/p>\n As of 9:45 a.m. law enforcement was sweeping the campus for the possibility of explosive devices, a threat they said they were taking \u201cvery seriously.\u201d<\/p>\n CBS News reports<\/a>:<\/p>\n Tyler, a senior at the school, told KHOU-TV that his friend saw \u201csome kid\u201d with a gun. A fire alarm was pulled. When teachers and students were outside, shots were fired, Tyler said.<\/p>\n \u201cAs soon as the alarms went off, everybody just started running outside,\u201d 10th grader Dakota Shrader told reporters, \u201cand next thing you know everybody looks, and you hear boom, boom, boom, and I just ran as fast as I could to the nearest floor so I could hide, and I called my mom.\u201d<\/p>\n The situation is still unfolding\u2026<\/p>\n \ufeff<\/span><\/p>\n \ufeff<\/span><\/p>\n The post At Least 8 Dead in Texas High School Shooting<\/a> appeared first on Towleroad<\/a>.<\/p>\n