Girl shoots 3 at Idaho school; teacher disarms her

[Nexus2]

BOISE, Idaho -- A sixth-grade girl brought a gun to her Idaho middle school, shot and wounded two students and a custodian and then was disarmed by a teacher Thursday, authorities said.

The three victims were shot in their limbs and expected to survive, officials said at a news conference. Jefferson County Sheriff Steve Anderson says the girl pulled a handgun from her backpack and fired multiple rounds inside and outside Rigby Middle School in the small city of Rigby, about 95 miles (145 kilometers) southwest of Yellowstone National Park.

A female teacher disarmed the girl and held her until law enforcement arrived and took her into custody, authorities said, without giving other details. Authorities say they're investigating the motive for the attack and where the girl got the gun.

“We don't have a lot of details at this time of ‘why' — that is being investigated,” Anderson said. “We're following all leads.”

https://abcnews.go.com/US/wireStory/injured-idaho-middle-school-shooting-suspect-captured-77534058

Seems like an unusual case, due to the perpetrators age and gender. Its good that that more weren't injured but I have to what prompted this specific awfulness.

[Hassin Bin Sober]

1. An armed society is a polite society

[Crunchy Frog]

2. She's absorbed the values of the local culture, it sounds like.

[Skittles]

3. I hope this child receives help

something is seriously amiss in her life

[BGBD]

4. Mass shootings by women

are quite rare. Something like 2.5% of mass shooters over the past 40 years are females.

The data I looked at only considered 123 shootings, so their definition of a mass shooter is probably conservative.

[stopdiggin]

5. no idea what to say

in response to this. And I'd be willing to bet that describes a lot of the audience. Deeply sad.

[AZLD4Candidate]

6. My instant reaction - bullying caused this as the girl saw no way out of it and no one stop it

This is just my instant reaction and I could be wrong.

[mopinko]

10. mine too.

[mnmoderatedem]

7. It's Morning Again in America

Ronald Reagan, this is what happened to your America. Another day, another mass shooting. This one by a twelve year old girl. Things like this almost not newsworthy any more.

[luvs2sing]

8. I saw a post..

On a Facebook knitting group I belong to from a woman who was at her doctor’s office very near the school when the shooting happened. Her kids know the girl, and it was definitely a case of the girl having been bullied.

[StarfishSaver]

9. Good thing this unarmed, untrained civilian disarmed her before the police showed up

Because there's a good chance they'd have been in fear of their lives and had to shoot the girl.

The story doesn't indicate her race, but if she is white, it's possible the cops would have shown some restraint and not felt the need to kill her. But it was better not to take the chance.

[lindysalsagal]

11. I'm done wringing my hands. I'm done being shocked.

I'm only shocked this doesn't happen more often.