U.S. Rep. Cori Bush, D-St. 亚洲无码, steps away after speaking at a news conference with St. 亚洲无码 Mayor Tishaura O. Jones and interim police Chief Michael Sack outside Central Visual and Performing Arts High School following a school shooting on Monday, Oct. 24, 2022, in the Southwest Garden neighborhood.聽
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People embrace at the evacuation point on the Schnucks parking lot after a school shooting at Central Visual & Performing Arts High School in south St. 亚洲无码 on Monday, Oct. 24, 2022. Photo by David Carson, dcarson@post-dispatch.com
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St. 亚洲无码 Mayor Tishaura O. Jones hugs U.S. Rep. Cori Bush, D-St. 亚洲无码, before a news conference outside Central Visual and Performing Arts High School following a school shooting on Monday, Oct. 24, 2022, in the Southwest Garden neighborhood.
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St. 亚洲无码 Public Schools Superintendent Kelvin Adams steps away after speaking at a news conference outside Central Visual & Performing Arts High School following a school shooting on Monday, Oct. 24, 2022, in the Southwest Garden neighborhood.
Elected officials issued statements on social media in the wake of the shooting inside a St. 亚洲无码 high school.
: 鈥淥ur schools and other places of learning should be safe 鈥 period. The gun violence epidemic facing our students, teachers, and staff is a public health crisis.鈥
: 鈥淭he tragedy at Central Visual and Performing Arts High School marks the 40th school shooting this year. 2022 was already the year on record with the highest number of school shootings occurring in a single year. This is unconscionable and inexcusable.鈥
: 鈥淥ur office has been briefed on this tragedy. State Public Safety officials are coordinating with local law enforcement and have offered any state resources necessary to assist with the investigation. ... Teresa and I are praying for the victims, their families, and the entire community.鈥
: 鈥淲e will know more in the coming days, but one thing that is clear is that lockdown procedures 鈥 which St. 亚洲无码 Public School鈥檚 administrators, teachers and students at Central Visual and Performing Arts High School and first responders followed as this attack unfolded 鈥 were essential in preventing further violence. I am personally grateful to each of them and share my deepest condolences.鈥
: 鈥淭hank you to the St. 亚洲无码 Metropolitan Police officers who were nothing short of heroic in their response to these tragic shootings. Although this tragedy did not occur in St. 亚洲无码 County, if there is any way we can help or any assistance we can offer, we are here for our St. 亚洲无码 city family.鈥
: 鈥淚 am heartbroken this morning to see reports of a school shooting in south St. 亚洲无码. As mother and grandmother myself, I鈥檓 shocked and praying for all those affected 鈥 students, parents, faculty, and in the community. I鈥檓 grateful to brave law enforcement for their quick response.鈥
: 鈥淥ur hearts are with the students at the Central Visual and Performing Arts School and their families as they seek to heal from this senseless tragedy, and we commend the brave men and women of law enforcement for their quick and decisive action.鈥
: 鈥淭he school building had locked doors, metal detectors, and on-site security. Police response was swift and professional. There was still a shooting. ... It is unconscionable that our Republican legislature has tied our hands. We are prohibited from doing more to get guns off the street. ... No children should have to live with the constant threat of gun violence.鈥
: 鈥淭oday鈥檚 trauma will affect our entire community, most notably our students, our teachers, and our first responders directly involved. We support you. We care for you. Our hearts are with you. But that does not scratch the surface of what we need to do to keep our children safe. Our state and federal governments need to act. The complete lack of action in Jefferson City and Washington is normalizing children being killed at school.鈥
: 鈥淛ust devastated about the senseless loss of life at Central Visual and Performing Arts High School in the city of St. 亚洲无码. I am grateful for the swift response of our law enforcement.鈥
: 鈥淭ragic news from Central Visual and Performing Arts High School in St. 亚洲无码. Thank you to law enforcement officers who quickly responded.鈥
: 鈥淒evastating news in St. 亚洲无码. I鈥檓 grateful for the swift response of local law enforcement. My office is in contact with local authorities and we stand ready to offer all assistance possible.鈥
: 鈥淢y heart is broken for the children and their families in St. 亚洲无码 who have had their lives forever changed for the worse. (The Missouri Legislature) can and must do better to address the epidemic of gun violence killing Missourians.鈥
鈥淭his morning, hundreds of parents in St. 亚洲无码 received the phone call that every parent fears 鈥 there has been a shooting at your child鈥檚 school. We do not yet know the status of those physically injured, but we know the trauma inflicted today will affect these children and families for decades to come.鈥
: 鈥... The horror today illustrates the continued need for Jefferson City to act. We must pass laws that will prevent tragedies like today, not enable or exacerbate them. I know myself and several colleagues have offered solutions that have fallen on deaf ears in the past.鈥
: 鈥淭he City of St. 亚洲无码 has suffered innumerable tragedies carried out with firearms, but the attack on the children of our community today has chilled me to the bone. No one should have to tolerate the trauma that students and educators faced today.鈥
U.S. Rep. Cori Bush, D-St. 亚洲无码, steps away after speaking at a news conference with St. 亚洲无码 Mayor Tishaura O. Jones and interim police Chief Michael Sack outside Central Visual and Performing Arts High School following a school shooting on Monday, Oct. 24, 2022, in the Southwest Garden neighborhood.聽
People embrace at the evacuation point on the Schnucks parking lot after a school shooting at Central Visual & Performing Arts High School in south St. 亚洲无码 on Monday, Oct. 24, 2022. Photo by David Carson, dcarson@post-dispatch.com
St. 亚洲无码 Mayor Tishaura O. Jones hugs U.S. Rep. Cori Bush, D-St. 亚洲无码, before a news conference outside Central Visual and Performing Arts High School following a school shooting on Monday, Oct. 24, 2022, in the Southwest Garden neighborhood.
St. 亚洲无码 Public Schools Superintendent Kelvin Adams steps away after speaking at a news conference outside Central Visual & Performing Arts High School following a school shooting on Monday, Oct. 24, 2022, in the Southwest Garden neighborhood.