Pupil wounds two in US school shooting

A witness says the gunman in a school shooting in the south-eastern New Mexico city of Roswell was a student.

The shooter wounded two students at Berrendo Middle School today before being taken into custody.

The view from Chopper 4 above #roswell middle school-- lots of police on scene. Shooting suspect in custody. pic.twitter.com/zf2OHpvo3N

— Kim Tobin (@KimTobinNBCLA) January 14, 2014

Officials at University Medical Centre in Lubbock, Texas, say a 14-year-old boy was flown there in critical condition, and a 13-year-old girl was en route in serious condition.

Hospital spokesman Eric Finley says information from nurses treating the boy indicates he was the shooter’s target.

A student who witnessed the shooting says the shooter was a boy who she thought was being bullied.

Eighth grader Odiee Carranza says it happened in the school gym.

She says the boy shot the 14-year-old twice in the face, and shot the girl in the arm.

She says the boy then fired a shot into the sky before dropping the gun. A teacher then grabbed him.