1 dead, 3 injured in Washington school shooting

Posted Sep 13, 2017 03:36:34 PM.

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ROCKFORD, Wash. – The Latest on a shooting at a high school in Washington state (all times local):

Officials say one person was killed and at least three others were shot when a gunman opened fire at a high school in Washington state.

Brian Schaeffer of the Spokane Fire Department told reporters that one person died in the shooting Wednesday morning at Freeman High School in Rockford, south of Spokane.

Three of the injured were taken to a hospital.

The Spokesman-Review reports Spokane County Sheriff Ozzie Knezovich said at the scene that the shooter was in custody.

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