Roy Cooper said in a statement that he has been briefed by law enforcement and noted this was the second school shooting in the state this week. The sheriff's office said other schools in the area were on lockdown as a precaution but no other shootings or injuries had been reported. Later, law enforcement vehicles were seen escorting school buses with Mount Tabor students off the campus to be reunited with their parents. My son's not a victim, but he's part of this and he'll probably remember this forever." "It's scary to know that it actually reached out and touched you this time. "You see stuff like this in the media," said Johnson, whose son was still at the school awaiting transportation to a pickup point. Students and parents could be seen walking toward a nearby shopping center.Ĭhristopher Johnson said his son told him that he heard the gunshots while in the school gym and students were told to hide because there was an active shooter on campus. Parents frantic for information parked their cars on the sidewalks several blocks from the school as police directed traffic away from campus. Police blocked roads to the school, which has an enrollment of more than 1,500 students, and numerous emergency vehicles were on the scene. Sheriff's office spokeswoman Christina Howell said all other students were safe. "I haven't cried in a while, but I've been crying since I left the hospital," Kimbrough said. Kimbrough said he met with the family at the hospital.
Sheriff Bobby Kimbrough Jr., who joined deputies and officers at the school on the initial call, identified the dead student as William Chavis Raynard Miller Jr. No other details were immediately available. Raleigh and Durham rank as top cities to start a business. The Forsyth County Sheriff's Office announced on its Twitter page that the suspect, who was not identified, was apprehended. State trooper finds missing Winston-Salem man, treats him with meal. The injured student was taken to a local hospital, where he died, Thompson said. Winston-Salem police Chief Catrina Thompson, fighting back tears, told a news conference that Mount Tabor High School went into immediate lockdown as emergency responders, sheriff's deputies and police officers arrived just after noon to search for the suspect, who she said was believed to be a student at the school. A suspect was taken into custody Wednesday after one student was fatally shot at a North Carolina high school, officials said. Authorities were looking for the suspect, officials said. Anxious parents stand in the parking lot of a shopping center Wednesday in Winston-Salem, N.C., where one student was killed in a shooting at a high school.
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