Active Shooter at Santa Fe High School

Ten Dead in Santa Fe High School Shooting

A male student was taken into custody on Friday morning after a shooting spree at Santa Fe High School in southeast Texas.

  • By Sydny Shepard
  • May 18, 2018

[UPDATE: May 18, 2018 1:00 PM]

A male student was taken into custody on Friday morning after a shooting spree at Santa Fe High School in southeast Texas that left at least eight people dead, the majority of which are believed to be students, according to authorities.

Authorities were on campus "in minutes" according to witnesses near to the scene following the first shots that rang out around 7:45 a.m. There are reports that someone at the school pulled the fire alarm as a way to get people out of the building since students and faculty didn't have any cell service in the building. Some students sheltered in place while others ran from campus.

In addition to the shooting, authorities have confirmed that there are a number of explosive devices that have been discovered on and off campus in surrounding areas. Police urge the community to call 911 if they find something unusual.

Six people were transported to area hospitals, including a Santa Fe ISD Police Officer who is in critical condition.

A second person was also taken into custody. It is unknown at this time what their connection to the shooting spree may be.

The school is currently cleared, law enforcement officials are only allowing essential personnel on the scene as they believe it is still very active.

In an interview that has now gone viral, Santa Fe High School student Paige Curry told reporters that she had a feeling this might happen.

"I was thinking it was going to happen eventually," Curry said. "It's been happening everywhere."

Original story is posted below.

A high school in Santa Fe, Texas is on lockdown after a situation with an active shooter on campus.

Police were called to the school shortly before 8 a.m. on Friday morning.

Santa Fe Police, the Galveston County Sheriff's Office, ATF and other agencies are responding to the scene.

Student witnesses told local news stations that at about 7:45 a.m. fire alarms went off and students left their classrooms. It is believed the fire alarms went off because of the shots fired in an art room on the campus. Some students ran from the building while others are sheltering in place waiting for police instruction.

Local news reports at least four to five ambulances have left the scene and one Life Alert helicopter. There are no confirmed reports of injures at this time.

Santa Fe High School has 1,447 students at the high school, grades 9-12.

This is a developing story. For the latest, go to CampusLifeSecurity.com.

About the Author

Sydny Shepard is the Executive Editor of Campus Security & Life Safety.

Featured

  • Cloud Adoption Gives Way to Hybrid Deployments

    Cloud adoption is growing at an astonishing rate, with Gartner forecasting that worldwide public cloud end-user spending will approach $600 billion by the end of this year—an increase of more than 21% over 2022. McKinsey believes that number could eclipse $1 trillion by the end of the decade, further underscoring the industry’s exponential growth. Read Now

  • AI on the Edge

    Discussions about the merits (or misgivings) around AI (artificial intelligence) are everywhere. In fact, you’d be hard-pressed to find an article or product literature without mention of it in our industry. If you’re not using AI by now in some capacity, congratulations may be in order since most people are using it in some form daily even without realizing it. Read Now

  • Securing the Future

    In an increasingly turbulent world, chief security officers (CSOs) are facing a multitude of challenges that threaten the stability of businesses worldwide. Read Now

    • Guard Services

  • Report: Physical Security Market Turning to Cloud and Hybrid Solutions

    Genetec, a provider of unified security, public safety, operations, and business intelligence solutions, today shared the results of its 2024 State of Physical Security report. Based on insights from over 5,500 physical security leaders worldwide (including end users and channel partners), the report looks at the security strategies organizations are putting in place to effectively navigate the realities of a changing industry. Read Now

Most   Popular

Featured Cybersecurity

New Products

  • EasyGate SPT and SPD

    EasyGate SPT SPD

    Security solutions do not have to be ordinary, let alone unattractive. Having renewed their best-selling speed gates, Cominfo has once again demonstrated their Art of Security philosophy in practice — and confirmed their position as an industry-leading manufacturers of premium speed gates and turnstiles. 3

  • FEP GameChanger

    FEP GameChanger

    Paige Datacom Solutions Introduces Important and Innovative Cabling Products GameChanger Cable, a proven and patented solution that significantly exceeds the reach of traditional category cable will now have a FEP/FEP construction. 3

  • Luma x20

    Luma x20

    Snap One has announced its popular Luma x20 family of surveillance products now offers even greater security and privacy for home and business owners across the globe by giving them full control over integrators’ system access to view live and recorded video. According to Snap One Product Manager Derek Webb, the new “customer handoff” feature provides enhanced user control after initial installation, allowing the owners to have total privacy while also making it easy to reinstate integrator access when maintenance or assistance is required. This new feature is now available to all Luma x20 users globally. “The Luma x20 family of surveillance solutions provides excellent image and audio capture, and with the new customer handoff feature, it now offers absolute privacy for camera feeds and recordings,” Webb said. “With notifications and integrator access controlled through the powerful OvrC remote system management platform, it’s easy for integrators to give their clients full control of their footage and then to get temporary access from the client for any troubleshooting needs.” 3