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Posted: Wednesday, 03 January 2007 3:06PM
Student Fatally Shot At Tacoma, Wash., High School
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TACOMA, Wash (CBS/AP) -- A student was shot to death at his high school as classes were about to start Wednesday morning.
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Police said the suspected gunman fled the scene, CBS affiliate KIRO reports, but he was later found and taken into custody.
The slain student's age and many details of the 7:30 a.m. shooting at Foss High School were not immediately released, but police spokesman Mark Fulghum said no one else was hurt.
Police aren't yet releasing a motive for the shooting, but they say it wasn't random.
The suspected shooter, another Foss student, was captured about two hours later without putting up a fight, Police Detective Chris Taylor said.
"He was wandering in the neighborhood a few miles away," Taylor said. "How he got that far isn't clear."
The shooting happened in a hallway at the school, on the first day back for students after the winter break, he said.
Freshman Sam Sao, 14, said she was in the lunchroom, waiting for the bell to ring, when the shots were fired.
"Everyone was yelling, 'Get in the gym! Get in the gym!'" she said. "At first we thought it was a fight. Then the teachers started getting on the tables and screaming."
Jacki Phongsavath, a junior at Foss, told KOMO-TV of Seattle he was in a nearby hall and didn't know who the shooter was.
"He hit the locker, then he fell down," junior Jack Phongsavath said. "There was blood all over the locker and on the ground."
The school was locked down after the shooting. By about 8:30, police had secured the building.
Students were transported by bus to a nearby school, where emotional parents rushed to pick them up. Classes were canceled for the rest of the day.
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Copyright 2006, CBS Broadcasting Inc. All Rights Reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed. The Associated Press contributed to this report.
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