OSHKOSH, Wis. — A police officer confronted an armed pupil at a Wisconsin highschool Tuesday morning and each have been wounded, police stated, within the second such capturing at a faculty within the state in as many days.
The newest capturing occurred at Oshkosh West High School. The pupil and the officer have been taken to hospitals, Oshkosh police stated.
The Wisconsin Department of Criminal Investigation is main the case.
The college was locked down. Police stated dad and mom would be capable to reunite with their youngsters later at Perry Tipler Middle college.
High college directors didn’t instantly return requires remark. Oshkosh West has about 1,700 college students in grades 9-12.
Tuesday’s capturing in Oshkosh, a city of about 67,000 folks, was about 80 miles north of Monday’s capturing within the Milwaukee suburb of Waukesha. A police officer responding to a scenario at Waukesha South High School shot an armed male pupil in a classroom. Officials say that pupil pointed a handgun at officers. The 17-year-old boy was wounded and is in custody in secure situation. No officers or different college students have been injured, Waukesha Police Chief Russell Jack stated.
That capturing occurred after one other pupil informed a faculty useful resource officer {that a} classmate had a handgun, Jack stated. He stated the useful resource officer went to the classroom to confront the teenager and transfer different college students within the room to security. Authorities haven’t stated if different college students have been within the classroom in the course of the ensuing standoff.
The officer who shot the scholar is an 11-year veteran of the Waukesha Police Department, Jack stated. Police haven’t stated whether or not the scholar ever fired his weapon. Police stated the capturing was an remoted incident and that they aren’t searching for some other suspects.
School shootings have often shone a highlight on the response by guards and faculty useful resource officers. Armed college useful resource officers have hardly ever prevented a faculty capturing.
Last yr, armed guards at three high-profile college shootings — Marshall County High School in Benton, Kentucky; Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Florida; and Santa Fe High School in Texas — have been unable to cease the rampage.