Pupil who opened fire at Tennessee school fatally shot by police

A pupil who opened fire on officers responding to a report of a possible gunman at a Tennessee high school has been fatally shot by police (Saul Young/The News Sentinel/AP)

A pupil who opened fire on officers responding to a report of a possible gunman at a Tennessee high school has been fatally shot by police.

Tennessee Bureau of Investigation Director David Rausch said at a news conference on Monday that police found the pupil in a bathroom at Austin-East Magnet High School in Knoxville, a city about 180 miles east of Nashville.