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School Shooting in Colorado; At Least 2 Injured, Suspect Dead

Posted at 3:07 PM, Dec 13, 2013
and last updated 2013-12-13 16:29:55-05
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**REAL-TIME UPDATES FROM FOX 17 SISTER STATION KDVR**

CENTENNIAL, Colo. (KDVR) — At least two people have been shot at Arapahoe High School, sheriff’s deputies said Friday afternoon.

The confirmation from the sheriff’s office came after emergency scanner traffic indicated there was an active shooter and a fire at the Centennial area high school, and that at least one student had been critically injured.

According to KDVR, the sheriff’s office has said that the suspect is dead inside the school from apparent suicide.  They were also a student at the school.

Paramedics were been called to the scene and a rush of police officers swarmed the school, which is located at the intersection of South University Boulevard and East Dry Creek Road.

Scanner traffic also indicated that a SWAT team was being called to the school, but that information had also not yet been confirmed as of 1 p.m.

Tak Landrock reported that emergency personnel were advising parents to go to the front door of King Soopers at Dry Creek and University to pick up their children.

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CENTENNIAL, Colo. (KDVR) — Though not all of the reports had been unconfirmed as of 1 p.m., reports on Twitter showed that the Arapahoe County Sheriff’s office had confirmed two individuals were injured during a shooting at Arapahoe High School in Centennial on Friday afternoon.

The confirmation from the sheriff’s office came after emergency scanner traffic indicated there was an active shooter and a fire at the Centennial are high school, and that at least one student had been critically injured.

As of 1 p.m., unconfirmed emergency scanner traffic indicated that paramedics had been called to the scene and that police were working on setting up a perimeter around the school, which is located at the intersection of South University Boulevard and East Dry Creek Road.

Scanner traffic also indicated that a SWAT team was being called to the school, but that information had also not yet been confirmed as of 1 p.m.

We’re rushing a team to the scene and will update this story as soon as information becomes available