By Michael Chukwuebuka, Reporting
TWO students were, according to the police, killed during a shootout at Starts Right Here school in Des Moines, on Monday 23rd.
Another victim, a school staff, sustained a gunshot injury and is in a serious condition.
Stonix News gathered that the shooting took place inside the school around 1: 00pm (UK time), after which three suspects were taken into custody at a traffic stop about 2 miles away from the school.
Officers at the scene of the shootout
Des Moines Public Schools interim Superintendent, Matt Smith, confirmed the shooting in a statement:
“We are still waiting to learn more details, but our thoughts are with any victims of this incident and their families and friends.
“Starts Right Here is a valuable partner to DMPS, doing important work to help us re-engage students, and we stand by to support them during this critical time.”
President of the lowa State Education Association, Mike Beranek, also reacted to the incident:
“We implore our elected leaders to consider effective strategies to eliminate gun violence and pursue concrete solutions that will keep our students, educators and communities safe.
“Our schools need to be bastions of safety, not the recipients of violence. This needs to end.
“As a nation, we need to recognise this is a societal issue seeping into our schools.”
According to investigators, the motive behind the shooting is unclear, but Des Moines police spokesman, Paul Parizek told reporters the shooting was “definitely targeted and not random”
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