The student is said to have tried to get into Mount Horeb middle school in the state of Wisconsin.
Thursday 2 May at 04:02
Wisconsin Attorney General Josh Kaul confirms that the student was shot and killed by police outside the school. Police responded to reports of a person with a weapon outside the school.
The school is still closed.
The school has pupils aged 11 to 13. None of the students are said to have been injured, and the person with the weapon was never able to get into the school.
AP refers to witness accounts that tell of children who ran from school after hearing gunshots. Parents have told of the children having to hide in cupboards, afraid to communicate by phone.
A search has been carried out for other possible perpetrators, but no suspects have been found.
So far this year, there have been at least 18 school shootings in the United States, writes CNN. Nine are killed, and at least 25 are injured.
April 20 marked the 25th anniversary of the Columbine tragedy, the school shooting that has been described as “starting the era of mass shootings”:
Also read: 25 years since Columbine: – Started the era of mass shootings
