The shooting occurred in the 'office area' at Olathe East High School, police said. A suspect is in custody, and there are no reports any students were injured.
OLATHE, Kansas -- A suspect shot and wounded a school resource officer and an administrator Friday at a suburban Kansas City high school, authorities said.
The shooting occurred in the"office area" at Olathe East High School, Olathe police said in a tweet. A suspect has been taken into custody, police said, and there are no reports that students were injured.Susan Burgett told The Associated Press she was panicked when she heard about a shooting at the school of her 16-year-old daughter, Emerson Burgett. Her daughter texted immediately to tell her she was safe.
"The first thought was to panic and imagine that there is a shooter in the hallway and kids screaming but that wasn't what happened thank God," she said while waiting to be reunited with her at the staging site."That is just what we are used to seeing. There are so many shootings all the time that it is such a sad reality that this is what we have to live with."
She said her husband was concerned their daughter would have a panic attack but she didn't think that would happen because"the kids just expect this. They hear about it all the time."Agents with the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives are on the scene to help with the investigation. Olathe Public Schools said in a tweet that Olathe East High School, which has an enrollment of 1,900, is currently under lockdown because of the situation.Parents were being directed to a nearby Family Video store and Frontier Park to be reunited with their children. Police asked parents and the public to stay away from the school.
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