Police: Nev. middle school gunman was 12 years old
By SCOTT SONNERBy SCOTT SONNER, Associated Press
A Sparks Middle School student and her mother walk near Agnes Risley Elementary School, after students were evacuated to the school after a shooting at Sparks Middle School in Sparks, Nev. on Monday, Oct. 21, 2013, in Sparks, Nev. A student at the Sparks Middle School opened fire on campus, killing a staff member who was trying to protect other children, police said Monday. (AP Photo/Kevin Clifford)
A Sparks Middle School student and her mother walk near Agnes Risley Elementary School, after students were evacuated to the school after a shooting at Sparks Middle School in Sparks, Nev. on Monday, Oct. 21, 2013, in Sparks, Nev. A student at the Sparks Middle School opened fire on campus, killing a staff member who was trying to protect other children, police said Monday. (AP Photo/Kevin Clifford)
A Sparks Middle School student cries with family members after being released from Agnes Risley Elementary School, where some students were evacuated to after a shooting at Sparks Middle School in Sparks, Nev. on Monday, Oct. 21, 2013 in Sparks, Nev. A student at the Sparks Middle School opened fire on campus, killing a staff member who was trying to protect other children, police said Monday. (AP Photo/Kevin Clifford)
A unidentified woman holds her son after picking him up at Sparks high school were some students where taken after a shooting that left two dead at Sparks Middle School on Oct. 21, 2013. Police said that two dead are a teacher and shooter. (AP Photo/Reno Gazette-Journal, Andy Barron) NO SALES; NEVADA APPEAL OUT; SOUTH RENO WEEKLY OUT
Bianca Flores is comforted by her sisters following the shooting that left two dead, including the shooter, at Sparks Middle School Monday Oct. 21, 2013. A student at the school opened fire on campus just before the starting bell Monday, wounding two boys and killing a teacher who was trying to protect other children, Sparks police and the victim's family members said. (AP Photo/The Reno Gazette-Journal, Marilyn Newton) NO SALES; NEVADA APPEAL OUT; SOUTH RENO WEEKLY OUT
A Sparks Middle School student cries and is comforted after being released from Agnes Risley Elementary School, where some students were evacuated to after a shooting at SMS in Sparks, Nev. on Monday, October 21, 2013 in Sparks, Nev. A middle school student opened fire on campus just before the starting bell Monday, wounding two boys and killing a staff member who was trying to protect other children, Sparks police said Monday. The lone suspected gunman was also dead, though it's unclear whether the student committed suicide. (AP Photo/Kevin Clifford)
SPARKS, Nev. (AP) — The student who wounded two classmates and killed a teacher and then himself on a Nevada middle school campus was 12 years old.
Authorities say they're withholding the Sparks Middle School student's name out of respect for his family. But Washoe County School District Police Chief Mike Mieras released the seventh-grader's age at a news conference Tuesday.
District police say the boy brought the weapon used in the Monday morning spree from home. They're still working to determine how he obtained the 9mm semi-automatic Ruger handgun.
Police say the boy's parents are cooperating with them and could face charges in the case.
Also at the new conference, police lauded the actions of 45-year-old math teacher and former Marine Michael Landsberry. They say he tried to stop the rampage before he was fatally shot in the chest.
Associated PressNews Topics: General news, School shootings, School violence, Shootings, Violent crime, Crime, Violence, Social issues, Social affairs, School safety, Education issues, EducationSource: http://hosted2.ap.org/APDEFAULT/386c25518f464186bf7a2ac026580ce7/Article_2013-10-22-Middle%20School%20Shooting/id-1c0fee61f8e2407b90ba82ca2c110df7
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