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Two New Mexico high school students were fatally shot Thursday by another student who later died at the scene, authorities said.
San Juan County, N.M., operations officer Mark Stark confirmed the shooter was an Aztec High School student, though no other information, including a motive for the attack, was immediately available.
Aztec High School shooting: 2 students killed, shooter dead, police say
By Ralph Ellis, Eric Levenson and Andrea Diaz, CNN
Updated 5:55 PM ET, Thu December 7, 2017
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(CNN)Two students were killed in a shooting Thursday at Aztec High School in Aztec, New Mexico, state police said on their verified Twitter account, and the suspected shooter is also dead.
There were no other injuries to other students or school faculty, officials said in a news conference Thursday afternoon. Officials said the shooter was a male but did not provide any other details, such as whether he was a student or a visitor.
Aztec Police received a call about the shooting about 8 a.m., officials said, and students were in class at the time.
Aztec, in San Juan County, is a small town in northwest New Mexico, about three hours from Albuquerque, and Farmington authorities assisted in the response to the shooting.
Officials were working on clearing the buildings before the shooter was reported down, according to San Juan County CEO Kim Carpenter.
The San Juan County Sheriff's Office posted on Facebook that parents should pick up students at the police department.
New Mexico Gov. Susana Martinez said there were several acts of bravery from staff, teachers, students and police that saved lives and prevented the incident from becoming deadlier.
"All New Mexicans are with Aztec today," she said.
I live in the Grand Junction, Colorado area (small media market) KJCT is the ABC affiliate. They do a good job of regional news in the 4 corner states on a 30 minute broadcast. KKCO is the NBC affiliate, goes one hour. Both have reported on this in the last few minutes.
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Very saddened.
Just to add, it has been one of the lead stories on major radio station in LA, taking second place only to the horrible wildfires. Definitely not a “blip” to others.
Just to add, it has been one of the lead stories on major radio station in LA, taking second place only to the horrible wildfires. Definitely not a “blip” to others.
Not a blip. Reported on canadian national newscasts on both CTV and CBC.
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