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Student, Gunman Dead in Oregon High School Shooting

HeadlineJun 11, 2014

A student has been killed and a teacher wounded in a high school shooting in Oregon that also left the gunman dead. A former student entered Reynolds High School and opened fire before turning the gun on himself. Two students described the moments after the shots rang out.

Student 1: “We just saw people running everywhere, like, people screaming. We didn’t know what was going on, and we just all went to the back of the classroom. And we were all scared.”

Student 2: “I heard gunshots, and then, at first, I thought it was just a joke or someone playing with firecrackers. And then they started yelling, telling us all to get down. And then we all got serious, and we went to lockdown.”

The student victim was identified as Emilio Hoffman, a 14-year-old freshman. It was at least the 74th school shooting in the U.S. since the Newtown massacre that left 26 dead in December 2012.

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