Six teenagers arrested after 15-year-old killed in US school shooting

Police investigate a shooting outside of East High School in in Des Moines, Iowa, on Monday, March 7, 2022. (Zach Boyden-Holmes/The Des Moines Register via AP)

US authorities have arrested six teenagers, including a 14-year-old, over a drive-by shooting outside a school that killed a 15-year-old boy and seriously wounded two female teenagers.

The suspects, all from Des Moines in Iowa, are charged with first-degree murder and two counts of attempted murder after the Monday afternoon shooting in the grounds of East High School, near central Des Moines.