Shooting at Marysville-Pilchuck High School
Two students are dead after one of them opened fire Friday morning in the Marysville-Pilchuck High School cafeteria before turning the gun on himself, according to law enforcement sources. Police said four other people were wounded in the 10:45 a.m. shooting.
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Families and Marysville Pilchuck High School students are reunited at Shoultes Christian Assembly, just northwest of the school, Friday, Oct. 24, 2014, following the shooting at the high school. A student walked into his Seattle-area high school cafeteria on Friday and without shouting or arguing, opened fire, killing one person and shooting several others in the head before turning the gun on himself, officials and witnesses said.
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This image made from a video provided by KOMO shows student walking as emergency personnel respond after reports of a shooting at Marysville-Pilchuck High School in Marysville, Wash., Friday, Oct. 24, 2014.
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Two students are dead after one of them opened fire Friday morning in the Marysville-Pilchuck High School cafeteria before turning the gun on himself, according to law enforcement sources.
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This image made from a video provided by KOMO shows emergency personnel responding after reports of a shooting at Marysville-Pilchuck High School in Marysville, Wash., Friday, Oct. 24, 2014.
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This image made from a video provided by KOMO shows emergency personnel responding after reports of a shooting at Marysville-Pilchuck High School in Marysville, Wash., Friday, Oct. 24, 2014.
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People react as they wait at a church, Friday, Oct. 24, 2014, where students were taken to be reunited with parents following a shooting at Marysville Pilchuck High School in Marysville, Wash.
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Marysville Police Commander Robb Lamoureux said the shooter was a student at Marysville Pilchuck High School, but he could not provide more information including what prompted the shooting, who the gunman was and who he shot. Lamoureux said he did not know if the shooter died of a self-inflicted wound.
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Parents crowd around busses that took students to a church Friday, Oct. 24, 2014, following a shooting at Marysville Pilchuck High School in Marysville, Wash.
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Four other young people were brought to Providence Everett medical center, said Chief Medical Officer Joanne Roberts. Three had head wounds and were in “critical” condition, while one considered stable enough to transport was taken to another medical center in Seattle, she said.
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People react as they wait at a church, Friday, Oct. 24, 2014, where students were taken to be reunited with parents following a shooting at Marysville Pilchuck High School in Marysville, Wash.
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A woman talks on a phone at a church Friday, Oct. 24, 2014, where students were taken following a shooting at Marysville Pilchuck High School in Marysville, Wash.
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Students who were in the cafeteria at the time said the gunman stared at the students as he shot them. They described a chaotic scene at the school, located about 30 miles north of Seattle, as students started running away from the cafeteria and building after the shots were fired.
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Parents and students move under police tape at a church Friday, Oct. 24, 2014, where students were taken following a shooting at Marysville Pilchuck High School in Marysville, Wash.
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Student Alan Perez told KING-TV he was eating his lunch at a nearby table when he heard the gunshots. “He had a little gun in his hand. I saw the flash from the muzzle,” he said. Another student, Austin Taylor, told the station the shooter “was just staring down every one of his victims as he shot them.”
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People embrace in front of school busses at a church, Friday, Oct. 24, 2014, where students were taken to be reunited with parents following a shooting at Marysville Pilchuck High School in Marysville, Wash.
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A crowd of parents waited in the parking lot outside a nearby church where they were being reunited with their children. Buses pulled up periodically to drop off students evacuated from the school, with some running to hug their mothers or fathers. Some parents were sent back to their cars to get their identifications before they could leave with their children.
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Students comfort each other at a church Friday, Oct. 24, 2014, where students were taken to reunite with parents following a shooting at Marysville Pilchuck High School in Marysville, Wash.
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Peggy Ray, right, hugs her daughter, Shayla Kline, 15, as Kline pets “Rex,” a crisis response therapy dog from National Crisis Response, Friday, Oct. 24, 2014, at a church where students were taken following a shooting at Marysville Pilchuck High School in Marysville, Wash.
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An FBI officer (at left) helps guide students off of the Marysville-Pilchuck High School campus onto 108th Street NE in Marysville following a shooting that occurred on Friday, Oct. 24, 2014 at the school.
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Students are evacuated from Marysville-Pilchuck High School by law enforcement following a shooting that occurred at the school on Friday, Oct. 24, 2014.
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Students are evacuated from Marysville-Pilchuck High School and loaded into school buses on 108th Street NE in Marysville following a shooting that occurred at the school on Friday, Oct. 24, 2014.
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Marysville-Pilchuck students are ushered off a bus and checked in at the Shoultes Christian Assembly, Friday, Oct. 24, 2014, before being reunited with their families. Students were evacuated by bus to the location after a shooting at the school Friday morning. A student walked into his Seattle-area high school cafeteria on Friday and without shouting or arguing, opened fire, killing one person and shooting several others in the head before turning the gun on himself, officials and witnesses said.
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Brothers Wyatt and Noah Langstraat hug their mother Michelle Langstraat after being reunited at the Shoultes Christian Assembly, Friday, Oct. 24, 2014. Noah Langstraat, 15, was in the cafeteria at Marysville-Pilchuck High School Friday morning during the school shooting. A student walked into his Seattle-area high school cafeteria on Friday and without shouting or arguing, opened fire, killing one person and shooting several others in the head before turning the gun on himself, officials and witnesses said.
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