A student opened fire with a handgun in the cafeteria of an Ohio high school east of Cleveland on Monday,killing one student and wounding four others before he was chased from the building by a teacher and gave himself up,law enforcement officials said.
One of the students shot at Chardon High School has died,Chardon Police Chief Tim McKenna said. Four boys and one girl had been hospitalised after the morning shooting,according to the Geauga County Sheriffs Department.
The Ohio shooting is the worst at a US high school in 11 months and the worst in Ohio since late 2007,according to the Brady Centre to Prevent Gun Violence.
Emergency vehicles rushed to the scene as students streamed from the building to meet parents. The entire school district was closed for the day.
Bergant said the suspected shooter was in custody. The shootings started in the cafeteria and the suspect was chased by a teacher out of the building,the sheriffs office said. Three of the male students shot are believed to be from Auburn Career Academy,a vocational school with 700 juniors and seniors,taken from 11 surrounding school districts including Chardon.
Two of the boys are 17,and a third was 16,all juniors.