School shooter turns gun on himself

A student opened fire at a Colorado high school injuring two others before apparently turning the gun on himself, authorities said.

Students are telling me at least two students were shot by another student in the cafeteria. #ArapahoeHighSchool pic.twitter.com/PQ3U3fTCp1

— Ryan Parker (@TheRyanParker) December 13, 2013

One of the students was wounded when he confronted the gunman at Arapahoe High School in Centennial, a Denver suburb, said Arapahoe County Sheriff Grayson Robinson.

This is the front #Arapahoe high school right now pic.twitter.com/WwuxcWPeEE

— Ryan Parker (@TheRyanParker) December 13, 2013

Officers found another injured student while securing the school, Mr Robinson said.

One of the injured was taken to a hospital in a critical condition, said Jason Dunkel, spokesman for Littleton Adventist Hospital.

Students were seen walking toward the school’s running track with their hands in the air. Television footage showed students being patted down.

School staff and volunteers are hurriedly trying to get names of students who are outside of school pic.twitter.com/GPYoygZvvI

— Ryan Parker (@TheRyanParker) December 13, 2013

The school is about eight miles east of Columbine High School in Littleton, where two teenage gunmen killed 12 classmates and a teacher before killing themselves in 1999.

Today’s shooting occurred the day before the one-year anniversary of the massacre of 20 children and six educators at school in Newtown, Connecticut.