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(Update) St. Louis High School Shooting Suspect Identified–Officials Say He Was Armed With An AR-15-Style Rifle During The Shooting

<p>On Monday&comma; a shooting at Central Visual and Performing Arts High School in St&period; Louis left three people dead&comma; including the suspect that was reportedly responsible for the shooting&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Now more details about the victims and the suspect have been released&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;st-louis-school-gunman-was-armed-ar-15-style-rifle-600-rounds-ammuniti-rcna53938" target&equals;"&lowbar;blank" rel&equals;"noopener">NBC News<&sol;a><&sol;em>&comma; during a press conference on Tuesday&comma; police announced that the shooting suspect was identified as 19-year-old Orlando Harris&period; It was shared that he was armed with an AR-15-style rifle and over 600 rounds of ammunition&period; There was also a note left behind that spoke about mass shootings&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>St&period; Louis Police Chief Mike Sack said&comma;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<blockquote><p>&&num;8220&semi;He had seven magazines of ammunition on a chest rig that he wore&comma; he also had an additional eight magazines of ammunition in a field bag that he had carried&period; This doesn&&num;8217&semi;t include the number of magazines that he left and dumped on the stairway in the corridors along the way&period;&&num;8221&semi;<&sol;p><&sol;blockquote>&NewLine;<p>Sack continued to share that the incident could have been worse if officers didn&&num;8217&semi;t arrive at the scene at the time that they did&period; It&&num;8217&semi;s still not clear how Harris got the weapon in his possession&period; However&comma; it was shared that he left a handwritten note in the car that he had driven to the school&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>During the press conference&comma; some of the note was read&period; Sack said&comma;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<blockquote><p>&&num;8220&semi;So&comma; in reading this&comma; we could see some of what&&num;8217&semi;s going on inside his mind&period; He feels isolated&comma; he feels alone&comma; quite possibly angry and resentful of others who have what appeared to him to be healthy relationships and so desired to lash out&period;&&num;8221&semi;<&sol;p><&sol;blockquote>&NewLine;<p>Sack also encouraged people to check up on others saying&comma; &&num;8220&semi;If you&&num;8217&semi;re aware of an individual who appears to be suffering from some kind of mental illness or distress&comma; and they begin speaking about purchasing firearms or causing harm to others&comma; we encourage you to reach out to somebody and report that so that we can get help to that individual&period;&&num;8221&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>The victims of the shooting were identified as 61-year-old health teacher Jean Kuczka&comma; and 15-year-old sophomore&comma; Alexzandria Bell&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>As <em><a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;dev&period;theshaderoom&period;com&sol;three-people-confirmed-deceased-including-the-suspect-after-high-school-shooting-in-st-louis&sol;" target&equals;"&lowbar;blank" rel&equals;"noopener">previously<&sol;a><&sol;em> reported&comma; shortly after the shooting&comma; Sack spoke with reporters and shared that there was a victim that was pronounced deceased at a local hospital&comma; and a victim that was announced deceased at the scene&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&nbsp&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><amp-youtube data-videoid&equals;"7BPBAax5Drg" 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>&nbsp&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>TSR STAFF&colon; 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