Student Shot at Tennessee High School

Fox News
February 11, 2008

A Tennessee high school is on lockdown Monday after a shooting during a gym class left a 17-year-old student critically injured.

Investigators are on the scene at Mitchell High School in Memphis, Tenn. One person is in custody.

The injured male student, a senior, was believed to be in critical condition with at least two gunshot wounds.

Monique Martin, a police spokeswoman, confirmed that the student was shot Monday morning.

The suspected shooter is in custody, said Rita Cooper, a spokeswoman for the school.

“A student was shot by a classmate in the cafeteria during a physical education class that was being held in that area,” Cooper said in a statement.

The district’s automated phone alert system notified parents about the shooting.

A 16-year-old student was shot in the leg earlier this month at another Memphis high school.

This article was posted: Monday, February 11, 2008 at 11:42 am

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