Sad news:
Several people killed in high school shooting
RED LAKE, Minnesota -- A shooting at Red Lake High School has left several people dead and others wounded.
The shooting was reported about 3 p.m. on Monday afternoon.
A tribal member told KARE 11 that there were actually two locations where shootings took place, one was inside the high school and the other was in an area called 'back of town'.
The first location was where he shot family members, reportedly his grandparents.
Tom Lyons, chief deputy for Beltrami County, told the Star Tribune that as many as 14 people were injured.
Four victims were being treated at North Country Regional Hospital in Bemidji, said Sherri Birkeland, the hospital's vice president of development and planning. She had no specific information on the victims or the shooting.
Other victims were expected at MeritCare Hospital in Fargo, N.D., said an administrator.
A Red Lake Tribal Council Member told KARE 11 that six people were dead, but the FBI would not confirm that.
The FBI has been called in to assist with the investigation and they say the shooter is no longer a threat.
The Red Lake Indian Reservation is in far northern Minnesota, about 240 miles north of the Twin Cities.
Audrey Thayer, who lives in Bemidji and works as a researcher for the American Civil Liberties Union's Minneosta chapter, said the reservation was locked down by police with roadblocks. "They have got it closed off," she said.
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