Three including suspect killed in St. Louis high school shooting

A woman died at hospital, and a teen girl was pronounced dead inside the school, both of gunshot wounds, Xinhua news agency reported, citing a report by St. Louis Post-Dispatch. The suspect, a male estimated to be in his 20s, was shot inside the school and pronounced dead at hospital.

At least three people were killed, including the suspect, and seven others were injured in a shooting at a high school in St. Louis, in the US' Missouri.

A woman died at hospital, and a teen girl was pronounced dead inside the school, both of gunshot wounds, Xinhua news agency reported, citing a report by St. Louis Post-Dispatch.

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The suspect, a male estimated to be in his 20s, was shot inside the school and pronounced dead at hospital.

The shooting was reported after 9 a.m. local time on Monday at Central Visual & Performing Arts High School. By 9:30 a.m., the entire area was blocked off by police, ambulances and a SWAT van. Students and staff streamed from the school with hands in the air.

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The police did not indicate how the shooter got inside the building, the report said.

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