8 killed in Texas school shooting
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donald j. trump @realdonaldtrump2 at least nine people were taken to area hospitals for treatment hospital officials said. the conditions of those people was not immediately clear. gonzalez said a police officer was also being treated for injuries1 president donald trump in a tweet said the situation was not looking good1 school shooting in texas. early reports not looking good. god bless all1 at least eight persons were killed on friday in a shooting at a high school in santa fe texas a local sheriff said with one person in custody and a second detained1 seventeen teens and educators were shot dead at a parkland florida high school in february a massacre that stirred the nations long-running debate over gun ownership1 harris county sheriff ed gonzalez said that eight to 10 people both students and adults died in the incident at the school about 30 miles 48 km southeast of houston1 there is one person a suspect in custody and a second possible person of interest that was detained and being questioned gonzalez said at a news conference1 the incident was the latest in a long series of deadly shootings at u.s. schools in recent years1 live television images showed lines of students and buses gathered in fields surrounding the school1 this is no longer an active shooting situation and the injured are being treated the sheriffs department said on twitter1 sophomore leila butler told the local abc affiliate that fire alarms went off at about 745 a.m. local time 1245 gmt and students left their classrooms. she said some students believe they heard shots fired and that she was sheltering with other students and teachers near campus1 another sophomore dakota shrader told fox 26 tv her 17-year-old girlfriend told her by phone that she was wounded but was recovering in a hospital. my friend got injured said an emotional shrader. her leg she got shot in the leg1 dr. david marshall chief nursing officer at the university of texas medical branch said that the hospital was treating at least three patients two adults and one person under 18. he said it was not immediately clear if that child was a student1 i know that they have gunshot wounds but thats the extent of the knowledge i have at this point marshall told reporters at a news conference. one adult is in our operating room1 were ready for more patients he said. we have not heard of any enroute at this point1