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Three People Confirmed Deceased, Including The Suspect, After High School Shooting In St. Louis

<p>It was reported that a suspect was taken into custody following an active shooting at Central Visual and Performing Arts High School in St&period; Louis&period; Now&comma; three deaths have been confirmed&comma; with the suspect among those confirmed deceased&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>The St&period; Louis Metropolitan Commissioner Michael Sack spoke during a press conference after the incident and announced that around 9&colon;10 am they received a call about the shooting&comma; and officers arrived a few minutes later&comma; and immediately made entry into the school&period; Once in the school&comma; they began clearing the building as they looked for the shooter&period; After hearing gunfire&comma; they ran towards the gunfire to locate the shooter&period; They encountered him during an exchange of gunfire&period; The shooter was struck&comma; transported from the scene&comma; and later announced deceased&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Among the others that were confirmed deceased was an adult female who was pronounced at a local hospital&comma; and there was also a female teenager that remained at the scene and was pronounced as well&period; Both victims were killed as a result of gunshot wounds&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>According to <em><a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;www&period;nbcnews&period;com&sol;news&sol;us-news&sol;two-students-injured-shooting-saint-louis-school-rcna53715" target&equals;"&lowbar;blank" rel&equals;"noopener">NBC News<&sol;a><&sol;em>&comma; The names of the two victims and the suspect were not yet released&period; Authorities have yet to learn of the suspect&&num;8217&semi;s connection to the school but did say he was about 20 years old&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Sack said&comma;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<blockquote><p>&&num;8220&semi;While on paper we might have 9 victims&comma; 8 who were transported and one remained&comma; we have hundreds of others&period; Everyone who survived here is going to take home trauma&period;&&num;8221&semi;<&sol;p><&sol;blockquote>&NewLine;<p>&nbsp&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><amp-youtube data-videoid&equals;"gXWzt-ZwiVc" layout&equals;"responsive" width&equals;"1000" height&equals;"563" dock&equals;"&num;dock-slot"><&sol;amp-youtube><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&nbsp&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Sack also made it clear that the doors of the school were locked&comma; leading many people to question how the gunman was able to get inside of the school&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>St&period; Louis Mayor Tishaura O&period; Jones spoke out about the shooting and said&comma;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<blockquote><p>&&num;8220&semi;I&&num;8217&semi;m heartbroken for these families who send their children to our schools hoping that they will be safe&period; Our children shouldn&&num;8217&semi;t have to experience this&comma; they shouldn&&num;8217&semi;t have to go through active shooter drills in case something happens&period; And unfortunately&comma; that happened today&period;&&num;8221&semi;<&sol;p><&sol;blockquote>&NewLine;<p>&nbsp&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>We&&num;8217&semi;ll continue to update you as more details become available&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&nbsp&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&nbsp&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>TSR STAFF&colon; Jade Ashley &commat;Jade&lowbar;Ashley94<&sol;p>&NewLine; <div class&equals;"wpra-reactions-wrap wpra-plugin-container" style&equals;"justify-content&colon; 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