Six shot in the Washington School firing

Six shot in the Washington School firing

WASHINGTON: Up to six people were shot at a high school near Spokane, Washington, on Wednesday and a suspect had been taken into custody, police and local media said.

Officers were responding to a shooting at Freeman High School in Rockford, Washington, said a woman at the Spokane Police Department who declined to say if there had been any injuries or give her name.

The Spokesman-Review newspaper, citing a local hospital spokeswoman, reported that up to six people had been shot.

Nicole Stewart, a spokeswoman for Providence Sacred Heart Medical Center and Children’s Hospital, said that the hospital had received patients but declined to release the number or their conditions.