Three people dead and six others injured after student opens fire at US school shooting
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Three people have died and six more have been injured after a juvenile opened fire at a school in the US.
The attacker has been identified as a 15-year-old female student at the Abundant Life Christian School in Madison, Wisconsin.
She is reported to have died by suicide.
Police responded to the school at around 11am local time to a call of an active shooter on the premises.
Multiple victims were found with gunshot wounds and seven were rushed to hospital.
Police responded to the school at around 11am (Stock Image)
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Residents have been asked to avoid the areas and roads around the school have been closed.
Authorities meanwhile remain at the school.
Police Chief Barnes said: "Today is a sad, sad today not only for Madison, for our entire country. We have to do better."
Police have said there is no ongoing threat to other schools or the surrounding community.
A reunification centre has been set up next to the school building to reunite students and parents.
An investigation remains active and ongoing.
The shooter's family has been cooperating with authorities.
President Joe Biden called the shooting “shocking and unconscionable.”
He said: “We need Congress to act. Now.”
He added: “Congress must pass commonsense gun safety laws: Universal background checks. A national red flag law. A ban on assault weapons and high-capacity magazines.”
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