St Louis school shooting - latest: Orlando Harris had AR-15, 600 rounds and manifesto praising mass shooters

Armed responders shoot dead attacker, named by police as 19-year-old Orlando Harris

One adult, one girl and shooter die in shooting at St. Louis high school, police confirm

The gunman who shot dead a teacher and pupil in St Louis was identified on Monday evening as a former pupil of the city’s Central VPA High School, where the attack took place.

The attacker, named by police as 19-year-old Orlando Harris, was shot dead by armed responders. He graduated from the school last year.

The authorities noted that it could have been much worse.

“The individual had almost a dozen 30-round … high-capacity magazines on him. That’s a whole lot of victims there,” Police Commissioner Michael Sack said, according to CNN.

He left a note in his car with a list of other school shootings in the US, with the names of the gunmen and the number of people killed, and expressed his desire to be the next name on it.

“I don’t have any friends, I don’t have any family. I’ve been an isolated loner my whole life. This was a perfect storm for a mass shooting,” Harris wrote.

Eight victims were transported to hospital for injuries ranging from gunshot wounds to a broken ankle.

Key Points

• Police share images of gun and ammo used in shooting
• How gunman gained entrance to school remains unclear
• 'I’ve been an isolated loner my whole life. This was a perfect storm for a mass shooting,’ suspect wrote in left behind note
• St Louis gunman Orlando Harris made list of school shooters with their death tolls
• Moms Demand Action founder blasts US gun laws after St Louis shooting

[25 October 2022 06:01 · Graeme Massie]

School district says shooter was ‘quickly stopped’ by police officers

ICYMI: “Police are on site at Central Visual and Performing Arts this morning following reports of an active shooter and both CVPA and Collegiate are on lockdown. The shooter was quickly stopped by police inside CVPA,” they tweeted as the incident unfolded.

[25 October 2022 06:55 · Maroosha Muzaffar]

St Louis gunman was heard saying he was 'tired of everybody'

The 19-year-old school gunman in St Louis was reportedly overheard saying that he was “tired of everybody” during the attack on Monday morning.

One student told the St Louis Post-Dispatch that she heard the gunman make the comment.

Police have identified the attacker as Orlando Harris, a former student of the Central VPA High School where the attack took place.

A 16-year-old and a 61-year-old teacher died in the shooting, and the gunman was himself shot dead by armed responders.

Eight other victims were taken to hospital with various injuries including gunshot wounds.

[25 October 2022 07:01 · Graeme Massie]

Everything we know about St Louis school shooting that left three dead

The gunman killed an adult female and girl before being fatally shot by responding police officers.

[25 October 2022 07:45 · Maroosha Muzaffar]

Suspect ‘may have suffered from mental illness’

Police Commissioner Mike Sack said yesterday after the suspect was shot dead that he may have suffered from mental illness.

Authorities have not ascribed any motive to St Louis shooting so far. But Mr Sack told the press that “there are suspicions that there may have been some mental illness that he was experiencing. We’re working on developing that information right now.”

Orlando Harris, 19, was a former student of the high school and graduated last year. Police said he had no previous criminal history.

[25 October 2022 08:30 · Graeme Massie]

Disturbing videos show police helping terrorised students escape shooting at St Louis high school

Videos of the scene at a Missouri high school shooting show police officers helping students flee the violence.

Andrea Blanco has the story for The Independent.

[25 October 2022 09:15 · Maroosha Muzaffar]

Survivors of shooting are all victims, police say: 'Everyone is going to take home trauma'

Police commissioner Mike Sack while commiserating with the families of those killed and injured during the shooting yesterday, said that all survivors of the St Louis high school shooting will be left with “trauma”.

He told the media: “While on paper we might have nine victims ... we have hundreds of others. Everyone who survived this is going to take home trauma.”

The 19-year-old gunman Orlando Harris was shot dead by the police after he killed one student and one teacher and injured many others.

[25 October 2022 10:00 · Maroosha Muzaffar]

ICYMI: Disturbing videos show police helping terrorised students escape shooting at St Louis high school

Video footage of the scene at a Missouri high school shooting shows police officers helping students flee the deadly violence.

The shooting took place shortly after 9am at Central VPA High School in St Louis, the St Louis Post-Dispatch reported. An adult woman and a female student have died, Lt Colonel Michael Sack during a press conference after the violence.

Watch the full video here:

[25 October 2022 11:03 · Graeme Massie]

Devoted PE teacher is identified among the dead at St Louis school shooting

The family of a 61-year-old teacher has identified her as one of the fatal victims in the high school shooting in St Louis.

Jean Kirk Kuzcka, who taught physical education at Central VPA High School, was gunned down by a shooter during the violence this morning, The St Louis Post-Dispatch reported. A teen student and the gunman also died, the St Louis Metropolitan Police Department said during a press conference.

Andrea Blanco has the story.

[25 October 2022 12:04 · Graeme Massie]

Eight shot in St Louis school mass attack as students describe lone gunman who asked: ‘Are you ready to die?’

ICYMI: Two people were killed at a high school shooting in Missouri, police said.

The violence took place shortly after 9am at Central VPA High School in St Louis, according to authorities.

Police located and fatally shot the 20-year-old male gunman within minutes, say reports.

[25 October 2022 13:00 · Maroosha Muzaffar]

ICYMI: St Louis school shooter who killed teacher and student was former pupil

The gunman who shot and killed a teacher and student at a St Louis school has been identified as former pupil Orlando Harris, say authorities.

Harris, 19, of St Louis, was himself fatally shot by responding police officers at the city’s Central VPA High School, on Monday morning.

One student told The St Louis Post-Dispatch that she heard the gunman, who she did not recognise, say he was “tired of everybody” at the school.

Read the full story here: