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Multiple people were killed on Friday in a shooting at a high school in Santa Fe, Texas, a law enforcement source said, in the latest gun violence in a country still shaken by the massacre at a Florida high school in February.
The law enforcement source said the suspected shooter was in custody after the attack at the school about 48 km southeast of Houston. Local media reported at least eight people were killed.
The sheriff's office for nearby Harris County said its deputies were assisting with a "multiple-casualty incident".
"This is no longer an active shooting situation and the injured are being treated," the sheriff's department said on Twitter.
Harris County Sheriff Ed Gonzalez said on Twitter that one person was in custody and a second was detained. "An injured police officer is being treated, the extent of his injuries are unknown," Gonzalez said.
US President Donald Trump wrote on Twitter: "Early reports not looking good. God bless all!"
The latest shooting at a US school underscored a national debate over gun control and gun rights that has intensified after an assailant killed 17 students and staff on February 14 at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland,...