Suspect in custody in Ohio high school shooting

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(CBS/AP) Updated at 11:18 a.m. ET

 

 

CHARDON, Ohio - A gunman opened fire inside a high school's cafeteria at the start of the school day Monday, wounding five students, officials said. A suspect was in custody.

 

 

FBI agent Scott Wilson said there was one suspected shooter. He wouldn't discuss the extent of the students' injuries. The Geauga County Sheriff's Office told CBS News that the suspect turned himself in after being chased out of the school by a teacher.

 

 

 

FBI Special Agent Vicki Anderson said Monday the shooter was taken into custody near his car about half a mile away from the high school.

 

 

The sheriff's office identified the victims as four male students and one female student.

 

 

Earlier, Civil Deputy Erin Knife of the sheriff's office said the shooting was reported around 7:30 a.m. at the 1,100-student Chardon High School about 30 miles east of Cleveland.

 

 

Television news footage showed anxious parents escorting children away from a school building, and ambulances could be seen outside.

 

 

"We don't have any status updates on the students," Chardon schools spokeswoman Ellen Ondrey told The Associated Press. "Our thoughts and prayers go out to them. We are very concerned."

 

 

A spokeswoman for Cleveland's MetroHealth System said a medical helicopter was dispatched to the high school. The sheriff's office told CBS News that two students were taken to the Cleveland Clinic's Hillcrest Hospital in suburban Cleveland and an additional three students were taken to Cleveland's MetroHealth Medical Center.

 

 

Bob Herp, a Chardon trauma nurse, was at a command scene at a local Wal-Mart store where he told WEWS-TV helicopters were on the ground.

 

 

Ondrey said all classes in the district were cancelled.

 

 

Students at the high school and middle school had already started their day when the shooting happened, but bus runs for elementary school children were stopped, Ondrey said.

 

 

Parents of high school students were told to go to Maple Elementary School to pick up their children.

 

 

"We want to make clear that the students are safe," she said, advising parents not to rush to pick up students because the area is "extremely congested. The lines are very long."

 

 

Chardon is a city of about 5,100 residents.

 

 

Luckily none of the students were killed, but you still hate to see this. Hopefully the injured students make full recoveries.

[Barracuda 629]

There's said to be two dead now. -Local news. Sad. Can't even go to school anymore.

[Sarge+ 3,436]

Wow.

[BigBen07 285]

ANOTHER school shooting?! Jesus Christ...

[BwareDWare94 723]

execute the motherfucker. On live TV.

[blotsfan 2,112]

I don't have the bloodlust of dware, but it is a shame that he didn't kill himself like most of the school shooters.

[NaTaS+ 958]

It's up to 3 dead, fuck. I know everyone wants to get on this kid but from my understanding he had a fucked up childhood. That doesnt excuse what he did but it's something to think about. What can we do as a society to help these kids before they turn to murder.

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It's up to 3 dead, fuck. I know everyone wants to get on this kid but from my understanding he had a fucked up childhood. That doesnt excuse what he did but it's something to think about. What can we do as a society to help these kids before they turn to murder.

i agree, this kid had Issues that should've been dealt with before he took this route.

 

i heard he lived with his grandparents so they prolly had no idea of what was going on with him.

 

this is really sad for all involved.

[broncodude30 0]

There were high schools evacuating in my area because of this and I'm about 80 miles away from Cleveland.

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There were high schools evacuating in my area because of this and I'm about 80 miles away from Cleveland.

 

The school is about 30 miles from Cleveland. My sons school, St Ignatius in Cleveland, was not evacuated. Weird that you were.