1 killed, 4 injured after student opens fire at Washington state school

One student was killed and four others injured on Wednesday in a shooting at a high school near Spokane in the US state of Washington.

e student was killed and three others were wounded when a fellow student described as obsessed with school shootings opened fire Wednesday morning at Freeman High School near Spokane, Wash., authorities said.

The shooting took place shortly after 10:00 am (GMT) at Freeman High School in Rockford, Spokane County, in Eastern Washington state, Xinhua news agency reported.

More than an hour later, Spokane County Sheriff's Office updated its posting on Twitter social network, announcing:

#Freeman School NOT an active scene-1 person detained. #Spokane

— SpokaneSheriffOffice (@SpokaneSheriff) September 13, 2017.
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