Principal killed in Florida school shooting
US: A gunman shot and killed a Florida high school principal Tuesday,
before turning the weapon on himself in an apparent murder-suicide,
officials and sources said.
The Episcopal High School in Jacksonville said it was "deeply
saddened" that head of school Dale Regan had been killed on Tuesday
afternoon.
"Our deepest sympathies are with her family and we ask for your
support and prayers at this time," the school said in a statement.
Sources at the school told AFP the shooter was a disgruntled Spanish
teacher who had fired successive shots from an assault rifle, which had
been smuggled onto campus hidden in a guitar case. Police would not
immediately confirm the identity of the shooter.
None of the school's 900 students at the school were harmed. "All
students and faculty are safe and our campus is secure," the school
said, adding "the entire school mourns the loss of our friend and
leader." An unidentified caller alerted police just after 1:00 pm,
saying shots had been fired at the school, Jacksonville Sheriff Office
spokesperson Melissa Bujeda said.
Police arrived to find the unidentified former teacher and Regan
dead.
AFP
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