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Related: About this forumLive updates: Shooting at Heritage High School in Newport News
Last edited Mon Sep 20, 2021, 12:43 PM - Edit history (1)
NEWPORT NEWS, Va. (WAVY) Newport News police have responded to a shooting Monday at Heritage High School.
Students were being evacuated and sent to the schools tennis courts, authorities say. Parents can meet their children there.
Officer Brandon Maynard could not confirm additional details as of 12:45 p.m. but said officers were gathering more information.
Theres no confirmation on the extent of injuries at this time, but theres still a major police presence in the area.
Nearby Achievable Dream Academy has also been placed on lockdown.
More and link with live updates -> https://www.wavy.com/news/local-news/newport-news/police-responding-to-incident-at-heritage-high-school-in-newport-news/
Students were being evacuated and sent to the schools tennis courts, authorities say. Parents can meet their children there.
Officer Brandon Maynard could not confirm additional details as of 12:45 p.m. but said officers were gathering more information.
Theres no confirmation on the extent of injuries at this time, but theres still a major police presence in the area.
Nearby Achievable Dream Academy has also been placed on lockdown.
More and link with live updates -> https://www.wavy.com/news/local-news/newport-news/police-responding-to-incident-at-heritage-high-school-in-newport-news/
Per local NBC news - 2 were taken to hospital with non-life threatening gunshot wounds.
ETA - On the 2 that were shot, one was a 17 y/o male who was shot in the cheek and the other was a 17 y/o female who was shot in the leg.
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Live updates: Shooting at Heritage High School in Newport News (Original Post)
PunkinPi
Sep 2021
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Ziggysmom
(3,647 posts)1. More thoughts and prayers coming from the repugs soon......
underpants
(187,391 posts)2. Ugh!
Shooter is now in custody, was arrested off-site.
Link to tweet
Link to tweet
Drew said hes not ready to release the motive, but that the individuals involved knew each other.
Suspect was arrested off-site. Drew will not say whether the suspect was a student.