Shooter reported at Texas high school - CNN Breaking News

Shooter reported at Texas high school
By Brian Ries and Meg Wagner, CNN
Updated 6 min ago10:25 a.m. ET, May 18, 2018

What we're covering here
Police responded to reports of shots fired at Santa Fe High School near Houston, Texas.
There are confirmed injuries.
The situation is now contained.
There is a person in custody, according to the assistant principal.


11 min ago
There are confirmed injuries. The situation is contained.
A Facebook post by the Santa Fe School District states that "the situation is active, but has been contained."

It adds that "there have been confirmed injuries."

Here's the post:

This morning an incident occurred at the high school involving an active shooter. The situation is active, but has been contained. There have been confirmed injuries. Details will be released as we receive updated information. Law enforcement will continue to secure the building and initiate all emergency management protocols to release and move students to another location. All other campuses are operating under their regular schedules....The district will continue to keep you updated as information is available. Safety and communication are our top priorities.

12 min ago
First, she heard a fire alarm. Then her principal told her to run.
MaKenna Evans, a 16-year-old sophomore at Santa Fe High School, told CNN she was in geometry class when the shooting started.

First, she heard the fire alarm, she said. When the students got outside, her principal told them all to run.

Evans said students hid behind a building across the street from the school. Her aunt called and told her there was a shooting. (Her aunt's husband is a police officer and he'd told her what had happened.)

Evans' brother picked her up, and she is now safe at home.


20 min ago
Assistant principal says a person has been arrested
Dr. Cris Richardson, assistant principal of Santa Fe High School tells reporters that there was an active shooting at the school, and "that person has been arrested."

"We have done an amazing job to get the students out of the building safely and to reunited them with parents as we are able to and that's about all I can tell you right now," Richardson said.
Richardson could not comment on injuries.


28 min ago
At least 3 helicopters seen waiting in school parking lot

At least three helicopters have landed in the school's parking lot, video from CNN affiliate KTRK just shows. Officials were just seen wheeling a stretcher toward one of them. It isn't clear if an injured person is on the stretcher.

Patients from Santa Fe High School are currently en route to University of Texas Medical Branch in Galveston, according to Raul Reyes Director of Media Relations for University of Texas Medical Branch.

The total number of patients is unknown at this time.


36 min ago
Student: We assembled outside for a fire drill, then we heard gunshots
A Santa Fe High School student described the moment they all heard gunshots.

"So, it was just a normal-like class day. We all were doing our work in first period. And then all of a sudden like it's a fire drill," 14-year-old junior Angelica Martinez said.

"So we followed the fire drill procedures. And then we went outside. Like we were all standing there, but not even five minutes later, we all start hearing gunshots."
That's when everybody starts running, she said, despite teachers telling them to "stay put."

"But we're all just running away."

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 Santa Fe High School student tells CNN shooting happened after what seemed like a fire drill: "It was just a normal like class day.... then we all start hearing gunshots. And then everybody starts running."

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41 min ago
Football coach's son says his dad is safe and helping kids get out of the school
From CNN's Marlena Baldacci

Myles Kanipes, son of Sante Fe High School athletic director and football team head coach Mark Kanipes, confirms to CNN that his dad is on lockdown on campus, outside of the building, but is safe.

Kanipes told CNN that his dad is currently escorting kids across the street to the Shell station to get them safe.

"He is fine but he said it’s crazy (right now) but would call me once he finds out more. All I know is someone pulled the fire alarm and once everyone got out the classes someone started shooting. His secretary is the one who first heard the shooting, the shooter was in the art class."
Kanipes told CNN that other football coaches at the school were already inside the building when the shooting began, and he is waiting to hear from them.


42 min ago
Students seen emptying backpacks on school field
A group of students were just directed by police to a nearby field and told to empty their backpacks, video from CNN affiliate KTRK shows.



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 A group of students outside Santa Fe High School were just directed by police to a nearby field and told to empty their backpacks, video from CNN affiliate KTRK shows.

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27 min ago
Mother says 17-year-old daughter ran to nearby gas station to escape
Kim Sullivan is the parent of a 17-year-old senior at Santa Fe High School. She says her daughter called her and said there was a shooting at school.

Her daughter said they were told to run, so they ran to the Shell gas station across the street from the school.

Sullivan says there are a lot of kids and confused parents trying to find their kids.


1 hr ago
Witness says girl was shot
According to an eyewitness account given to a CNN affiliate, a gunman at a high school in Santa Fe, Texas, entered a classroom and began shooting with what appeared to be a shotgun.

The witness says they saw a girl shot in the leg.


1 hr ago
The ATF says it is responding to the reported shooting
The agency just announced on Twitter:

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 BREAKING: ATF is responding to a school shooting at Santa Fe High School in Santa Fe, Texas.

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1 hr 7 min ago
Where the school is located

Santa Fe High School is located about 40 miles south of Houston in Santa Fe, a city in Galveston County of about 12,000 people.


1 hr 12 min ago
Santa Fe School District warns of "active shooter" at high school
The Santa Fe Independent School District acknowledged an active shooter incident at Santa Fe High School Friday morning according to a statement on its website.

Here's what it says:

This morning an incident occurred at the high school involving an active shooter. The district has initiated a lockdown. We will send out additional information as soon as it is available.