{"id":18789,"date":"2021-05-07T06:54:15","date_gmt":"2021-05-07T10:54:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/worldjusticenews.com\/news\/?p=18789"},"modified":"2021-05-07T06:54:15","modified_gmt":"2021-05-07T10:54:15","slug":"idaho-school-shooting-girl-in-rigby-wounds-three-police-say","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/worldjusticenews.com\/news\/2021\/05\/07\/idaho-school-shooting-girl-in-rigby-wounds-three-police-say\/","title":{"rendered":"Idaho school shooting: Girl in Rigby wounds three, police say"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"ssrcss-uf6wea-RichTextComponentWrapper e1xue1i83\" data-component=\"text-block\">\n<div class=\"ssrcss-3z08n3-RichTextContainer e5tfeyi2\">\n<p><b class=\"ssrcss-14iz86j-BoldText e5tfeyi0\">A girl reported to be 11 or 12 years old shot and wounded two other students and a member of staff at a school in the US state of Idaho, police said.<\/b><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"ssrcss-uf6wea-RichTextComponentWrapper e1xue1i83\" data-component=\"text-block\">\n<div class=\"ssrcss-3z08n3-RichTextContainer e5tfeyi2\">\n<p>The unnamed pupil, who is in the sixth grade, brought a gun to Rigby Middle School in the city of the same name and opened fire.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"ssrcss-uf6wea-RichTextComponentWrapper e1xue1i83\" data-component=\"text-block\">\n<div class=\"ssrcss-3z08n3-RichTextContainer e5tfeyi2\">\n<p>The three victims are expected to survive, officials said.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"ssrcss-uf6wea-RichTextComponentWrapper e1xue1i83\" data-component=\"text-block\">\n<div class=\"ssrcss-3z08n3-RichTextContainer e5tfeyi2\">\n<p>A female teacher managed to disarm the girl and detained her until police took her into custody, authorities said.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"ssrcss-uf6wea-RichTextComponentWrapper e1xue1i83\" data-component=\"text-block\">\n<div class=\"ssrcss-3z08n3-RichTextContainer e5tfeyi2\">\n<p>The motive for the shooting is not yet clear.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"ssrcss-uf6wea-RichTextComponentWrapper e1xue1i83\" data-component=\"unordered-list-block\">\n<div class=\"ssrcss-3z08n3-RichTextContainer e5tfeyi2\">\n<div class=\"ssrcss-1pzprxn-BulletListContainer e5tfeyi3\">\n<ul role=\"list\">\n<li><a class=\"ssrcss-hiczm3-InlineLink e1no5rhv0\" href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/news\/world-us-canada-56682356\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Gun control advocates pin their hopes on Joe Biden<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a class=\"ssrcss-hiczm3-InlineLink e1no5rhv0\" href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/news\/world-us-canada-56672892\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Biden takes action on &#8216;international embarrassment&#8217;<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"ssrcss-uf6wea-RichTextComponentWrapper e1xue1i83\" data-component=\"text-block\">\n<div class=\"ssrcss-3z08n3-RichTextContainer e5tfeyi2\">\n<p>The girl &#8220;retrieved a handgun from her backpack, fired multiple rounds inside of the school and out,&#8221; said Jefferson County Sheriff Steve Anderson, adding that the girl was from the nearby city of Idaho Falls.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"ssrcss-uf6wea-RichTextComponentWrapper e1xue1i83\" data-component=\"text-block\">\n<div class=\"ssrcss-3z08n3-RichTextContainer e5tfeyi2\">\n<p>The incident is being investigated by the FBI and local law enforcement.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"ssrcss-uf6wea-RichTextComponentWrapper e1xue1i83\" data-component=\"text-block\">\n<div class=\"ssrcss-3z08n3-RichTextContainer e5tfeyi2\">\n<p>Pupil Yandel Rodriguez, 12,\u00a0<a class=\"ssrcss-hiczm3-InlineLink e1no5rhv0\" href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/idaho-rigby-middle-school-shooting-0f01cf5dc5aa04c3b2574a4c8379be9a\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">told the Associated Press\u00a0<\/a>that they had heard &#8220;a loud noise, and then there were two more loud noises&#8221;.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"ssrcss-uf6wea-RichTextComponentWrapper e1xue1i83\" data-component=\"text-block\">\n<div class=\"ssrcss-3z08n3-RichTextContainer e5tfeyi2\">\n<p>&#8220;Then there was screaming. Our teacher went to check it out, and he found blood,&#8221; Yandel said.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"ssrcss-18mjolk-ComponentWrapper e1xue1i80\" data-component=\"include-block\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"ssrcss-evoj7m-Image ee0ct7c0\" src=\"https:\/\/ichef.bbci.co.uk\/news\/1632\/idt2\/idt2\/55f061a5-80b4-4a2f-b796-d66fb563ca76\/image\/816\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ichef.bbci.co.uk\/news\/920\/idt2\/idt2\/55f061a5-80b4-4a2f-b796-d66fb563ca76\/image\/460 920w,https:\/\/ichef.bbci.co.uk\/news\/1280\/idt2\/idt2\/55f061a5-80b4-4a2f-b796-d66fb563ca76\/image\/640 1280w,https:\/\/ichef.bbci.co.uk\/news\/1632\/idt2\/idt2\/55f061a5-80b4-4a2f-b796-d66fb563ca76\/image\/816 1632w\" alt=\"Map\" \/><\/div>\n<div class=\"ssrcss-uf6wea-RichTextComponentWrapper e1xue1i83\" data-component=\"text-block\">\n<div class=\"ssrcss-3z08n3-RichTextContainer e5tfeyi2\">\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Dr Michael Lemon, trauma medical director for Eastern Idaho Regional Medical Center, told a news conference that the students who were shot were still in hospital and one of them might require surgery. He said one had been wounded in two limbs. The member of staff was treated for a bullet wound and sent home.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"ssrcss-uf6wea-RichTextComponentWrapper e1xue1i83\" data-component=\"text-block\">\n<div class=\"ssrcss-3z08n3-RichTextContainer e5tfeyi2\">\n<p>&#8220;With the assistance of other high schools, we have actually run mock-shooting, mass-casualty situations and so our trauma system was prepared for this when it came on,&#8221; he said.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"ssrcss-uf6wea-RichTextComponentWrapper e1xue1i83\" data-component=\"text-block\">\n<div class=\"ssrcss-3z08n3-RichTextContainer e5tfeyi2\">\n<p>&#8220;The fact that the injuries are as insignificant as they are right now &#8211; not saying that they aren&#8217;t bad but they could be so much worse &#8211; we feel absolutely blessed.&#8221;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"ssrcss-uf6wea-RichTextComponentWrapper e1xue1i83\" data-component=\"text-block\">\n<div class=\"ssrcss-3z08n3-RichTextContainer e5tfeyi2\">\n<p>Chad Martin, the local schools superintendent, said schools across the district would be closed on Friday and counsellors would be available.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"ssrcss-uf6wea-RichTextComponentWrapper e1xue1i83\" data-component=\"text-block\">\n<div class=\"ssrcss-3z08n3-RichTextContainer e5tfeyi2\">\n<p>&#8220;Today we had the worst nightmare a school district could encounter,&#8221; he said. &#8220;We prepare for it but you&#8217;re never truly prepared.&#8221;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"ssrcss-uf6wea-RichTextComponentWrapper e1xue1i83\" data-component=\"text-block\">\n<div class=\"ssrcss-3z08n3-RichTextContainer e5tfeyi2\">\n<p>President Joe Biden recently announced his first steps since taking office to tighten gun controls following a series of mass shootings.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"ssrcss-uf6wea-RichTextComponentWrapper e1xue1i83\" data-component=\"text-block\">\n<div class=\"ssrcss-3z08n3-RichTextContainer e5tfeyi2\">\n<p>It includes efforts to set rules for certain guns, bolster background checks and support local violence prevention.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"ssrcss-uf6wea-RichTextComponentWrapper e1xue1i83\" data-component=\"text-block\">\n<div class=\"ssrcss-3z08n3-RichTextContainer e5tfeyi2\">\n<p>Last month Mr Biden described the level of gun violence in the US as an &#8220;international embarrassment&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p>Source: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/news\/world-us-canada-57018329\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">bbc.co.uk<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div class=\"mh-excerpt\">A girl reported to be 11 or 12 years old shot and wounded two other students and a member of staff at a school in the US state of Idaho, police said. 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