An 8th-grade Arkansas student shot another student in a hallway in what school officials are describing as a 'premeditated attack targeting the injured student.' The suspect was taken into custody.
One student is reported wounded and another in custody after a shooting at Prescott High School in Arkansas on Monday.Get breaking news alerts and special reports. The news and stories that matter, delivered weekday mornings.An Arkansas eighth-grader brought a concealed weapon to school and shot a fellow classmate on Monday morning in what police called a"premeditated attack."
The shooting occurred at Prescott High School, in Prescott, about 90 minutes southwest of Little Rock, at about 9:15 a.m. The suspect was taken into custody. Both students are 14, and the suspect is a boy, Prescott Police Chief Joseph Beavers told reporters at an afternoon news conference. “We did have school resource officers on scene at the school so everything was contained in just a matter of seconds,” the police chief said.
The identity of the victim, who was airlifted to a hospital for treatment, has not been released, the Prescott School District said in a statement on its Facebook page. The victim is in stable condition, according to the police chief.Classes were scheduled to resume on Tuesday.
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