A student shot and injured the principal at Harrisburg High
School near Sioux Falls, South Dakota, on Wednesday, district Superintendent
Jim Holbeck said.
Kevin Lein was
wounded in the arm and was in good condition, Holbeck said.
The student,
whose identity was not disclosed by police and has not yet been charged, was
tackled by two school employees and is in custody, Holbeck said.
The incident
happened when the student came into a main office and got into some kind of
disagreement with the principal, according to Sioux Falls Police Officer Sam
Clemens. There was a physical struggle and the teenager took out a firearm and
shot Lein, added Clemens.
The assistant
principal and the school's athletic director quickly tackled the teenager,
Holbeck said, and kept him under control until authorities arrived.
And they came in
droves -- including agents from the FBI and ATF, several sheriffs and police
agencies and officers with the U.S. Department of Homeland Security, according
to Clemens.
The school, meanwhile, went into its often drilled procedure,
Holbeck said, with panic buttons pushed and students put in lockdown.
Bomb squad
investigators were still checking out the school midday Wednesday as a precaution,
Clemens said, but believe that the building is safe. Police have recovered the
firearm, he added.
Holbeck has not
made a decision on whether school will be in session Thursday.
Lein, meanwhile,
is recovering. He even called Holbeck from the hospital.
During that
conversation, the wounded principal even asked the superintendent how he was
doing, Holbeck said.
"It's a
shame that for years schools have been trying to prepare for this and you hope
it doesn't happen in your backyard," the superintendent said.
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