Police have
responded to a high school north of Seattle after a student opened fire
in the cafeteria Friday morning, injuring six people before turning the
gun on himself.
Local
television stations reported that three victims were being airlifted to
a hospital, although that is in dispute as Sullivan quotes a fired
department official saying the injured were taken by ground
transportation.
Live video showed students being evacuated from Marysville-Pilchuck High School in Marysville, about 35 miles from Seattle.
KIRO7-TV
showed images of students walking away from school buildings, crossing a
sports field with their hands in the air as officers with rifles ran
across the school yard.
The
station reported that the school was placed on lockdown at 10.45am
Pacific time after students and teachers called 911 about multiple shots
fired in the cafeteria.
Police told The Seattle Times that the unnamed gunman was dead from a self-inflicted gunshot wound.
According to some reports, as many as six people may have been wounded in the incident.
A student who spoke to CNN on
the phone from inside the school described a grisly scene in the
cafeteria, reportedly telling the news outlet: 'There was blood
everywhere.'
According
to the unnamed teen, the gunman was a popular student at
Marysville-Pilchuk who recently had been subjected to bullying.
Police
are now in the process of sweeping the school. According to a press
conference held at around 3pm Eastern time, officers are finding groups
of students and teachers hiding inside classrooms.
'I
was in my classroom and someone pulled the fire alarm and we thought it
was a fire drill and we ran out and they told us to go back in a
classroom,; student Cindy Rodriguez, 17, told NBC News. 'We're scared.'
Ayn
Dietrich, an FBI spokesperson in Seattle, said the agency had personnel
on their way to the scene to help authorities with the investigation.
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