Police: 2 students shot, 1 fatally, at Richfield school (Update)

Update 2:00 PM Wednesday:

Authorities say they have not established a motive in a shooting outside a suburban Minneapolis school that left one student dead and an another critically injured.

The students were shot Tuesday outside South Education Center in Richfield.

Police arrested two teen suspects at separate locations later in the day.

Richfield Police Chief Jay Henthorne said five people were involved in the “horrific, tragic incident,” but did not give further details other than to say it was a disagreement among “acquaintances.”

A 15-year-old student was killed and a 17-year-old student was critically injured.

A third student was hurt, but Henthorne said he wasn’t sure whether the injuries were from gunfire.

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Update Tuesday evening:

Police in Minnesota say two students were shot, one fatally, outside a suburban Minneapolis school. Richfield Police Chief Jay Henthorne said the students were shot outside South Education Center. The surviving student was in critical condition Tuesday afternoon at a local hospital. Richfield police arrested two suspects and recovered a handgun after executing simultaneous search warrants at two Minneapolis addresses. South Education Center has about 200 students, according to its website, which describes it as a school that offers special education programs and an alternative high school. District 287 Superintendent Sandra Lewandowski said the students were shot near the school’s front entrance.

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Original story:

Police in Minnesota say two students were shot, one fatally, outside a school in Richfield, just outside Minneapolis.

Richfield Police Chief Jay Henthorne said the students were shot about 12:07 p.m. outside South Education Center.

He said the surviving student was in critical condition at a local hospital.

Henthorne says suspects fled and police searched the area.

South Education Center has about 200 students, according to its website, which describes it as a school that offers special education programs and an alternative high school, with students as young as prekindergarten.

District Superintendent Sandra Lewandowski said the students were shot near the school’s front entrance.

She said parents and students were being reunited Tuesday afternoon.

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