At least eight people are dead after a student allegedly opened fire at Santa Fe High School in Texas this morning, sending students fleeing for their lives, Harris County Sheriff Ed Gonzalez said.
Santa Fe School Shooting
The number of deaths "could be anywhere between eight to 10, majority being students," Gonzalez said.
The shooting was contained and the school was evacuated, but explosive devices have also been found at the school and in surrounding areas, authorities warned.
Community members are warned to be on the lookout for suspicious items, officials said.
This morning's shooting took place in an art class, witnesses said,
ABC station KTRK in Houston reported.
"I heard the [fire] alarms and everybody ran out,” tenth-grader Dakota Shrader told KTRK. “At first all we heard was ‘run, run,’ and next thing you know we hear, ‘boom, boom, boom.’”
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We need to stop and pray for the peoples there..."Lord, we ask you to be in every detail of this, and bring to fruition your will and allow healing in it and refuge for the victims families and people affected by it, bring in Your favor ...In Jesus name I pray Amen."