Dallas • A 15-year-old student in Texas was injured in a shooting in her high school cafeteria Monday morning and a 16-year-old boy, also a student at the school, was taken into custody, sheriff’s officials said.
The girl was airlifted to Parkland Memorial Hospital in Dallas following the shooting in the small town of Italy, some 45 miles (70 kilometers) south of Dallas, said Sgt. Joe Fitzgerald of the Ellis County Sheriff’s Office. The shooting happened at about 7:50 a.m. in the Italy High School cafeteria.
“In a small town, the school district is the center of what goes on for our kids and this morning’s tragedy hits the heart of this community,” said Lee Joffre, superintendent of the Italy Independent School District, which has about 600 students.