At Least Three Dead In St. Louis School Shooting

The St. Louis Post-Dispatch reports:

At least three people were killed, including the suspect, and six others injured after a shooting Monday morning at Central Visual & Performing Arts High School in south St. Louis.

A woman died at a hospital, and a teen girl was pronounced dead inside the school, both of gunshot wounds. Injuries ranged from gunshot wounds to cardiac arrest. The suspect, a male not yet identified but estimated to be in his 20s, was shot inside the school and pronounced dead at a hospital.

Elijah Pohlman, a 15-year-old sophomore said it was chaos when the code came over the loudspeaker. He said he texted his parents that he loved them, then heard four gunshots and took off running.

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KMOX EXCLUSIVE: The shooter came into Ray Parks’ classroom, but turned and left.
“It’s just so hard to get over. I can’t understand why I didn’t get hurt,” he said. “That’s what I gotta figure out. He looked at me and then looked away and let me run.”https://t.co/D6wgZ8JjNP

— KMOX St. Louis News (@kmoxnews) October 24, 2022

Here’s the latest on the school shooting at Central VPA in St. Louis:
• All SLPS campuses are on hard lockdown
• After-school activities canceled
• Officials say an officer killed the shooter
Get live updates here- https://t.co/zrZtcYfO34 pic.twitter.com/VPk8QvQyzA

— Spectrum News St. Louis (@SpectrumNewsSTL) October 24, 2022

Devastating news in St. Louis. I’m grateful for the swift response of local law enforcement. My office is in contact with local authorities and we stand ready to offer all assistance possible https://t.co/8WpBPKp0vw

— Josh Hawley (@HawleyMO) October 24, 2022