Two children and teacher shot after gunman targets primary school
TWO CHILDREN and a teacher have been injured in a shooting at a school in South Carolina, US.
The school is now being surrounded by armed police
Police have rushed to the scene at Townville Elementary School in Anderson County.
One of the children, reportedly aged six, is in a critical condition.
The injured children have been airlifted to Greenville Memorial Hospital and a female teacher taken by ambulance, according to Taylor Jones with Anderson County Emergency Management.
WYFF TV reports that helicopters landed by the school and students were evacuated to a nearby church.
Sheila Cole from Anderson County Sheriff's Office said the shooting happened shortly after 1pm.
Parents and students react to a shooting that occurred at Townsville Elementary pic.twitter.com/BLMgZz9IVf
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Elementary school evacuated after SHOOTING
Emergency services remain on scene as American media reports three have been hurt
Pictures emerging from the scene show officers walking on the roof while the building below is cleared.
Local media has reported the coroner’s office is investigating a death on Osborne Road in Townville which is “connected” with the shooting at the school.
The dead person is believed to be a relative of the shooter.
The road is less than three miles from the school.
A student’s mother spoke to News 4’s Mandy Gaither just after she was reunited with her daughter.
She said: ”I just pray for those families. I pray for those kids.
“I thank God it wasn't mine, but I feel so bad for them and I'm just going to pray that they're OK and I don’t know if they're my daughter's classmates or they're somebody I knew. I don't know. Just feel so bad.
“She said they went in the bathroom. I don't know how they knew to go in the bathroom, but I know her teacher was shaken up. I know all the kids were scared. There was a bunch of kids crying. She didn't talk for about 5 minutes when I got her.
“I'm just so scared. I don't even want her to go to school now."
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At least 2 children shot & 1 adult dead at elementary school in Townville
Shooter is in custody.. pic.twitter.com/tMJoEwuWfw
Ambulances remain on scene after at least three people were injured in the shooting
The school, near the Georgia state line, is now at the centre of a massive police investigation.
A teenager is in police custody.
More to follow...