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UPDATE: US school shooter's parents arrested and charged with manslaughter
The parents of the teenager who shot dead four students at a US high school with a gun bought by his father have been arrested.
The return of children to school after extended remote learning has come with an unfortunate uptick in gun violence.
Joe Biden said he wants Congress to pass laws that would require background checks on all gun sales and ban assault weapons and high-capacity magazines.
Law enforcement officials declined to comment on a possible motive for the rampage, saying it was too early in the course of the investigation, which was being assisted by the Federal Bureau of Investigation.
The attack at Santa Fe High School came a little more than three months after a 19-year-old shot dead 17 students and educators at a Florida high school.
On Friday, 17-year-old Dimitrios Pagourtzis walked into an art class at his high school in Santa Fe, and shot 9 fellow students and a teacher dead.
It’s being reported that at least 8 people were killed when a gunman walked into an art class at the school in Santa Fe High School and began firing what looked like a shotgun.
The law enforcement source said the suspected shooter was in custody after the attack at the school about 48 km southeast of Houston.
President Donald Trump delivered more statements on gun policy and school security, including bonuses for teachers who train to use firearms and renaming active shooter drills.
The shooter, who has not been identified, entered a common area at Marshall County High School in Benton shortly before 8am (1400 GMT), pulled out a pistol and began firing at students, witnesses told local media.
The sheriff’s office said 'documents' belonging to the suspect showed he had been planning the attack, although it was not clear for how long.
Police Chief Jarrod Burguan said the shooting at North Park Elementary School in San Bernardino, about 65 miles east of Los Angeles, was an apparent murder-suicide.
Volunteer firefighter Jamie Brock pinned him down while staff led children to safety inside the building.
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Gunmen opened fire on a holiday party at a social services agency in San Bernardino, California.
A student at a Pittsburgh-area high school went on a stabbing rampage on Wednesday.