A pupil was shot at a South Carolina middle faculty Thursday and authorities took a classmate into custody shortly after police have been known as to the scene.
More than 100 officers responded to Tanglewood Middle School in Greenville, working to determine the shooter, based on the Greenville County Sheriff’s Office. A request for backup was known as in at about 12:30 p.m. by the college’s useful resource officer.
One teenage boy was taken to an area hospital with a gunshot wound and their situation will not be but recognized, the Greenville County Sheriff Hobart Lewis mentioned.
Another teenage pupil was taken into custody close to campus shortly after the report was known as in, Lewis mentioned. He left the college instantly following the capturing, deputies discovered later.
“We have a had a very trying situation for sure,” Lewis mentioned. “Our heart goes out to the family, all the families involved. We certainly ask that you pray for the family of that victim.”
Neither of the scholars, who’re each minors, have been recognized.
Lewis recommended the college workers for isolating the youngsters in accordance to lockdown process in the aftermath of the capturing.
“It worked seamlessly,” Lewis mentioned.
Greenville County School District Superintendent Burke Royster mentioned its nonetheless unclear what led to the capturing.
“I’m not sure even after a full and thorough law enforcement investigation, anyone will really know what was going through the mind of that young person that took this rash act,” Royster mentioned. “So I don’t know if there’s anyone…except that person and they may not even be able to articulate it for you.”
Parents have been instructed to convey identification and go an area church in order to pickup their youngsters, based on a press release from the college.