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Gunman wounds man, himself at St. Louis school
[CBSNEWS] A gunman walked into a business school in downtown St. Louis on Tuesday and shot an administrator in the chest before shooting himself, police said.Today's Dork with a Gun story. Police Chief Sam Dotson said the shooting happened about 2 p.m. at the Stevens Institute of Business and Arts. The administrator was a man in his 40s who was shot in his office. Dotson said the gunman was a student at the school who had no history of threatening behavior, and the motive wasn't clear. Both the administrator and the gunman were in surgery. Dotson didn't know whether their wounds were life-threatening. CBS affiliate KMOV St. Louis reported that authorities recovered a handgun inside the school. Police arrived within a minute of the call about the shooting. Students were huddled under desks and in closets. The administrator had made it to an elevator; the gunman was found injured in a stairwell. "We've trained all of our officers in active shooter response," Dotson said. Officers hurriedly escorted out students and staff and then made sure no other gunmen were inside. Posted by: Fred 2013-01-16 |
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