3 dead in New Mexico school shooting High School
AZTEC, N.M. (AP) — The Latest on a shooting at a New Mexico high school (all times local):
10:25 a.m. Authorities say three people are dead following a shooting at a New Mexico high school.
San Juan County Sheriff Ken Christesen told reporters that three people believed to be students died Thursday at Aztec High School.
He says the shooter also was dead but didn't say if the suspect was among the three. Authorities said they had cleared all the buildings at the school and that students were boarding buses to another location where they could be reunited with their parents.
Deputies with the sheriff's office and surrounding police departments responded to the school after reports of a shooting.
Federal agents and state police are investigating.
The school is in the Four Corners region and is near the Navajo Nation.
9:40 a.m. Authorities are responding to a shooting at a high school in northwest New Mexico.
Deputies with the San Juan County Sheriff's Office told reporters that a suspect was in custody but they did not release any other information.
Sheriff Ken Christesen confirms the shooting at Aztec High School on Thursday morning.
He did not say whether anyone had been injured or killed. The school is in the Four Corners region and is near the Navajo Nation.
Authorities say the school was placed on lockdown and evacuated. Other schools in the area were also locked down, and authorities were setting up staging areas where parents could gather and wait for more information.
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AZTEC, N.M. — Authorities are responding to a shooting at a high school in northwest New Mexico.
Deputies with the San Juan County Sheriff's Office told reporters that a suspect was in custody but they did not release any other information.
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