UPDATE: ABC reports at least 8 people were taken to the hospital, 4 in serious condition, after a shooting at STEM School Highlands Ranch in Colorado. 2 people have been taken into custody.
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HIGHLANDS RANCH, Colo. (AP) — Gunfire erupted inside a suburban Denver middle school Tuesday, wounding at least seven people before two suspects were taken into custody, authorities said.
Douglas County Undersheriff Holly Nicholson-Kluth said she did not believe there were any other shooters, but tactical teams were still conducting a room-by-room search of the building. She did not know if there were fatalities or offer any details about the wounded.
The shooting occurred at the middle school at STEM School Highlands Ranch, a public charter school with more than 1,850 students in kindergarten through 12th grades. The Highlands Ranch community is about 15 miles (24 kilometers) south of Denver.
Deputies responded around 1:50 p.m. to the school, which is near a sheriff’s department substation, and officers got there almost immediately, Nicholson-Kluth said.
As officers were arriving at the school, they could still hear gunshots,” she said.
Rocco DeChalk, who lives near the school, told television station KUSA that he saw so many students running past his house that at first he thought it was a gym class. He went outside and saw a teenage boy who had been shot in the back being helped by a teacher and another student.