According to a tweet from the school district, two students were injured in a school shooting at Central Visual and Performing Arts High School in St. Louis on Monday morning, and the suspect is in custody.
Our department responded to an active shooting incident this morning at Central VP School. A suspect was taken into custody.
WE ARE ASKING THE PUBLIC TO PLEASE AVOID THE AREA OF S. KINGSHIGHWAY FROM SOUTHWEST TO ARSENAL UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE. THIS INVESTIGATION IS ONGOING.
— St. Louis, MO Police (@SLMPD) October 24, 2022
St. Louis Public Schools tweeted, “Police are on site at Central Visual and Performing Arts this morning following reports of an active shooter, and both CVPA and Collegiate are on lockdown.”
According to the post, the “shooter was quickly apprehended by police inside CVPA.”
According to the district, two students were injured and taken to the hospital.
“Our department responded to an active shooting incident this morning at Central VP School,” said the St. Louis Police Metropolitan Police Department in a tweet. “A suspect was apprehended.”
The high school is a magnet school located approximately six miles southwest of the city’s centre.
Students have been evacuated from campus and are being transported to “safe and secure sites,” according to the district.
People are being asked to stay away from the area.
The news of the shooting comes on the same day that Ethan Crumbley, a Michigan teen, pleaded guilty Monday to murder charges in connection with a Michigan school shooting last year in which four people were killed and seven others were injured. On November 1, Nikolas Cruz will be sentenced for the February 2018 shooting at Florida’s Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School, which killed 17 people.
As the shooting in St. Louis unfolded, a prosecutor in Michigan addressed the nation’s gun violence crisis in the aftermath of Crumbley’s plea hearing on Monday.
“It isn’t just about collaborating with other departments. I’ve learned that gun violence can be avoided. And the fact that another school shooting has occurred does not surprise me – which is horrific,” said Oakland County Prosecutor Karen McDonald.
“We need to keep the public informed and educated about how we can prevent gun violence.” It is preventable, and we should never accept that as something we have to live with.”
This is an ongoing story that will be updated.