Spokane County Sheriff Ozzie Knezovich said Wednesday the shooter came to Freeman High School in Rockford armed with two weapons, and one jammed when he tried to fire it.
Aerial view of Spokane city in Washington (Photo: Twitter/Spokane city)Authorities say a student who shot four people at a high school in Washington state killed a fellow student who attempted to stop him
The Spokesman-Review reports that first responders were at Freeman High School in Rockford on Wednesday morning. Multiple ambulances and a Lifeflight helicopter were dispatched to the high school following reports of the shooting.
Spokane Public Schools said on Twitter that all schools in the district are "being placed into modified lockdown as a precautionary measure."
Spokane County Sheriff Ozzie Knezovich said Wednesday the shooter came to Freeman High School in Rockford armed with two weapons, and one jammed when he tried to fire it.
The sheriff says a student approached the shooter and attempted to block him before he was shot and killed.
Knezovich says the gunman then shot three additional students before a school staff member stopped him.
The sheriff called it a courageous action by the staffer.
Knezovich says no officers fired their weapons and the gunman had been disabled by the time officers arrived.
Knezovich says the suspect is the county's juvenile jail.
Annie Baxter, whose two daughters attend Freeman Middle School across the street from the high school, told The Spokesman-Review that children were running into buildings when she pulled up to the school area about 10:15 a.m.
She says classes were about to begin because it's a "late start" day.