A student at Erie High School in Pennsylvania was injured throughout a taking pictures Monday morning, and a person of interest fled, in response to officials.
Multiple pictures had been fired at the school shortly after 9:20 a.m., Erie’s Public Schools mentioned in an announcement. One student was injured however steady, the district mentioned within the afternoon, including that police had been looking for a person of interest who fled the campus.
Counselors shall be made obtainable to college students at a close-by arts middle, and the school shall be closed main as much as spring break, which begins subsequent week, in response to the district.
“We are devastated and angered by this senseless tragedy,” Erie’s Public Schools Superintendent Brian Polito mentioned in an announcement. “We are hoping for the full and speedy recovery for the student involved.
The district said in a statement more than two hours after announcing the shooting that the building was secure and there was no active threat.
In an earlier statement on Facebook, Erie’s Public Schools urged people to “STAY AWAY FROM THE AREA UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE.”
The district added that it was working to coordinate parent pickups. Buses were also available to take kids home.
“Evacuation by orderly dismissal will start as quickly because the district is cleared to take action by the Erie Bureau of Police,” the school system later added.
Erie Mayor Joe Schember said the shooting was “very saddening.”
“Schools must be secure locations the place youngsters be taught and develop,” he wrote in a statement. “I do know that is tough for fogeys to listen to. But keep in mind: all college students at the moment are secure!”
The president of the Erie Education Association, Mary Theuerkauf, admonished the school district for not putting security measures in place.
“For years, we have demanded that the City of Erie School District Administration and School Directors confront the multitude of safety and security threats our staff have brought before them. Each time, we’re told, ‘it will take time, we’re working on it,'” she wrote in an announcement, in response to Erie News Now.
“No bureaucracy is worth a human life. We will not stand by one day more until the safety of our students and staff is properly addressed,” she mentioned.