Student dies in police firing at Tennessee school in US

 A student has been killed in a police shooting in a school in Tennessee of the United States.

Earlier, one police person was injured when the student fired at the police.

Several people were injured in this incident. Police confirmed that the incident took place in Ashtin East Magnete High School of Tennessee on Monday (April 12), authorities said.

The shooting wounded an officer and comes as the community reels from off-campus gun violence that has left three other students dead this year.

Police found the student in a bathroom at Austin-East Magnet High School in Knoxville, a city about 180 miles (290 kilometers) east of Nashville, Tennessee Bureau of Investigation Director David B. Rausch said at a news conference. They ordered the student to come out, but he wouldn’t comply, and that’s when he reportedly opened fire, Rausch said. Police fired back.

The student died at the school, and the officer was taken into surgery after being shot at least once in the upper leg, authorities said. The officer was expected to recover, and no one else was hurt. It wasn’t yet clear why the student brought a gun to school or why he fired at officers. “It’s a sad day for Knoxville, and it’s tough for Austin-East,” Rausch said.