Parents, emergency personnel and law enforcement flocked to Townville Elementary School in Townville, South Carolina, on Wednesday after two students and one teacher were injured during a school shooting.
One teenage suspect is in custody. One of the injured children was flown to the Greenville Memorial Hospital’s emergency trauma center for treatment. AnMed, another hospital in the area, said it currently has two victims.
Authorities responding on the scene quickly escorted the other students to safety at Oakdale Baptist Church and directed parents to retrieve their children there, local broadcasts reported.
See photos below from the scene of the shooting:
Law enforcement still at Townville Elem after shooting pic.twitter.com/DYqCzKo3bt
— Bart Boatwright (@bartboat) September 28, 2016
From the school: pic.twitter.com/CePkSsXPFv
— Mike Ellis (@MikeEllis_AIM) September 28, 2016
Shooting confirmed at Townville Elementary, one person in custody. https://t.co/gM2EyoXccJ pic.twitter.com/qbHIJrTLd4
— WPEC CBS12 News (@CBS12) September 28, 2016
Deputies say shooter at Townville Elementary was a teenager | @UpstateTodaySC pic.twitter.com/n53G3d4oFy
— Justin Lee Campbell (@jlcampbell90) September 28, 2016
Scene at Townville Elementary School, cite of reported shooting @UpstateTodaySC pic.twitter.com/kWHi1MkWlI
— Justin Lee Campbell (@jlcampbell90) September 28, 2016
A bloody bandage outside of Townville Elementary after shooting. pic.twitter.com/r6nfpKvOqm
— Mike Ellis (@MikeEllis_AIM) September 28, 2016
BREAKING: Deputies: Suspect in custody after shooting at Townville Elementary School https://t.co/q7WOUzwTz7 pic.twitter.com/HsBC2LmWrc
— WALB News 10 (@WALBNews10) September 28, 2016
Oconee County Sheriff's Office at Townville Presbyterian Church for reported shooting at Townville Elementary @UpstateTodaySC pic.twitter.com/vudU48Aeie
— Justin Lee Campbell (@jlcampbell90) September 28, 2016
Two students and teacher shot at Townville Elementary, according to deputies @UpstateTodaySC pic.twitter.com/gBqCBamLQK
— Justin Lee Campbell (@jlcampbell90) September 28, 2016
Emergency personnel outside Townville Elementary @UpstateTodaySC pic.twitter.com/iWiOtFU0M4
— Justin Lee Campbell (@jlcampbell90) September 28, 2016
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