(LANKAPUVATH | COLOMBO) – At least three people, including the suspect, have died and seven others are injured after a shooting at a high school in St Louis, Missouri.
The gunman entered Central Visual & Performing Arts High School shortly after 09:00 local time (13:00 GMT) on Monday.
The doors of the school building were locked and it was not immediately clear how the suspect entered.
Witnesses say lives were saved after the gunman’s weapon jammed mid-attack.
St Louis Public Schools say police “quickly stopped” the gunman.
The suspect, identified by police as a 19-year-old former student, exchanged gunfire with police and later succumbed to his injuries.
