1:15 PM EST UPDATE: AZTEC, N.M. (AP) — New Mexico State Police say the suspect in a high school shooting is among the three dead.
Police didn’t release details about the shooter but confirmed the other two people killed Thursday at Aztec High School were students.
The school was cordoned off as deputies with the San Juan County Sheriff’s Office and other police agencies cleared the buildings. Students were taken to another location.
Other schools in the area also were locked down as a precaution. Authorities say it could be a few hours before the lockdowns are lifted.
A crowd of nervous parents gathered at Aztec City Hall to wait for more information as officers tried to reassure them about the safety of their children.
State and federal authorities are investigating what led to the shooting.
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AZTEC, N.M. (AP) — Authorities say three people are dead following a shooting at a New Mexico high school.
San Juan County Sheriff Ken Christesen told reporters that three people believed to be students died Thursday at Aztec High School. He says the shooter also was dead but didn’t say if the suspect was among the three.
Authorities said they had cleared all the buildings at the school and that students were boarding buses to another location where they could be reunited with their parents.
Deputies with the sheriff’s office and surrounding police departments responded to the school after reports of a shooting. Federal agents and state police are investigating.
The school is in the Four Corners region and is near the Navajo Nation.
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