A teacher at a Washington state high school tackled a shooter Monday morning before anybody was injured, according to police.
The suspected shooter, a teenage boy, opened fire at North Thurston High School before he was apprehended by Lacey City police at around 8 a.m. (11 a.m. ET), police said on Twitter.
The shooter started firing into the air at 7:30 a.m. in a common area of the school, witnesses and police told NBC affiliate KING5. Witnesses told the station that a teacher then tackled the teen.
"I think it's heroic ... People rise to the occasion when they need to do something. I think, in this case, it probably prevented worse things from happening," Lacey Police Commander Chris Ward told the station.
North Thurston High School classes and after-school activities were canceled for the day, and parents were asked to pick up students at the school's football stadium, according to a statement on the school's website.
A school spokesman said police were interviewing the shooter.
North Thurston High School is 60 miles south of Seattle. It has about 1,400 students and 130 faculty and staff.
Students gather on the football field after a shooting at North Thurston High School in Lacey, Wash. on April 27.
— Elisha Fieldstadt
First published April 27 2015, 10:34 AM
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