Police respond to the country of a shooting connected Thursday, Sept. 30, 2021 successful Memphis, Tenn. Authorities accidental a lad was changeable and wounded astatine a school. Memphis Police said successful a connection that the shooting was reported Thursday greeting astatine Cummings School, which includes grades kindergarten done eighth. (AP Photo/Adrian Sainz)

MEMPHIS, Tenn. – A teenage lad was changeable and critically wounded Thursday astatine a schoolhouse successful Memphis, Tennessee, and constabulary detained a 2nd lad believed to beryllium the shooter. The K-8 schoolhouse was placed connected lockdown and students were taken by autobus to a adjacent religion to beryllium reunited with frantic parents.

Memphis constabulary identified some the unfortunate of the shooting astatine the Cummings School and the shooter arsenic “male juveniles." The unfortunate was 13, but authorities didn't merchandise the property of the suspect.

Parents held umbrellas and talked with each different successful a airy drizzle arsenic they waited for children to get astatine the church. Ebonnie Hayslett rushed to the schoolhouse to marque definite her 2 nieces were safe.

“The worst quality you could person is simply a shooting astatine a kids school," she said. "My main interest was the kids being OK, the teachers, the faculty. No 1 wants to spell prime up their kids and beryllium surrounded by SWAT cars and constabulary officers.”

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