One dead, two wounded in US school shooting

A student shot and killed an assistant principal and seriously wounded two other administrators at a high school in the US today.

Assistant Principal Ken Bruce was killed, and Principal Gary Seale and Assistant Principal Jim Pearce were wounded in the shooting at the school in Jacksboro, Tennessee, according to state education department spokeswoman Rachel Woods.

Mr Seale was shot while trying to take the student into custody, Woods said.

Parents rushed to 1,400-student Campbell County High School to take their children home after the shooting around 30 miles north west of Knoxville.

The school was locked down after the shooting, and students were evacuated and loaded onto buses.

“They are searching each student as they are getting on the buses,” said Roger Wallace, a driver at a pizza restaurant nearby.