Police: 2 students dead, teacher hurt in Des Moines shooting

[Jilly_in_VA]

Police say two students were killed Monday and a teacher was injured in a shooting at a Des Moines school on the edge of the city’s downtown.

The shooting was at an educational program called Starts Right Here that is affiliated with the Des Moines school district.

Police say emergency crews were called to the school, which is in a business park, just before 1 p.m. Officers arrived to find two students critically injured, and they started CPR immediately. The two students died at a hospital. The teacher who was injured is in serious condition and headed into surgery Monday afternoon.

About 20 minutes after the shooting, police said officers stopped a car that matched witnesses’ descriptions about two miles away and took three suspects into custody. Police said one of the suspects ran from the car, but officers using a K-9 were able to track that person down.

Police say two students were killed Monday and a teacher was injured in a shooting at a Des Moines school on the edge of the city’s downtown.

The shooting was at an educational program called Starts Right Here that is affiliated with the Des Moines school district.

Police say emergency crews were called to the school, which is in a business park, just before 1 p.m. Officers arrived to find two students critically injured, and they started CPR immediately. The two students died at a hospital. The teacher who was injured is in serious condition and headed into surgery Monday afternoon.

About 20 minutes after the shooting, police said officers stopped a car that matched witnesses’ descriptions about two miles away and took three suspects into custody. Police said one of the suspects ran from the car, but officers using a K-9 were able to track that person down.

https://apnews.com/article/des-moines-school-shooting-20965fba395ba2a48b57cb37355e0ac7

JFC, can it just stop already? "Thoughts and prayers" do NOTHING!

[Lovie777]

1. DAMN............

Monterey Park, California; Louisiana; Des Moines.

Enough.

[moonscape]

3. Hard to keep up :(

[Demovictory9]

2. Rip

[maxsolomon]

4. Speculation:

This was a targeted shooting by YOUNG MALES, killing 2 other YOUNG MALES who offended them by either:

a. stealing from the shooters.
b. "disrespecting" the shooters.

I don't think any YOUNG MALES know how to have a fistfight anymore. They just reach for a gun; it's the American Way. RIP, kids.

"Starts Right Here" is a Charter School working with "at-risk" youth:

Starts Right Here (SRH) is a program designed to serve youth in a supportive, empowering environment. All young people deserve a chance to rise above the circumstances they were born into and to reach their mental, emotional, physical, and economic potential.

At SRH, we work with urban youth who have been touched by real-life challenges. We give them a chance to choose a different future – empowering them to change their mindset to one of hope, purpose, and determination, and providing access to resources that support their goals.

https://startsrighthere.org/

[bucolic_frolic]

5. We have entered the Reign of Terror of this Republican experiment with armed force everywhere

[niyad]

6. Monterey Park, CA. Baton Rouge. Shreveport. GA. MS. KY. Des Moines. THIS IS

JUST SINCE LATE SATURDAY NIGHT.

Day 23 of the year. Mass shootings* SO FAR: 41. Dead: 68. Wounded:168. **

*Mass shooting is defined as any in which four or more are dead or wounded, including the gunman.

Two mor added to the list since I checked this morning. And that does not include Des Moines, which, although horrifying, does not fit the "mass shooting" definition.

** One of the wounded in CA has just died.

[bullwinkle428]

8. In the last hour, another mass shooting in Half Moon Bay, CA. At least

3 dead, with more injured. Shooter drove off, but apparently they have a license plate.

[In It to Win It]

7. kick

[Ferrets are Cool]

9. It's TELLING how quickly this story just disappeared from view.

We not only are being desensitized to mass shootings, but even SCHOOL shootings are "just another day in 'Merica.