Police: Student Used Semi-Automatic Handgun In Nevada School Shooting

A Sparks Middle School student cries and is comforted after being released from Agnes Risley Elementary School, where some students were evacuated to after a shooting at SMS in Sparks, Nev. on Monday, October 21, 20... A Sparks Middle School student cries and is comforted after being released from Agnes Risley Elementary School, where some students were evacuated to after a shooting at SMS in Sparks, Nev. on Monday, October 21, 2013 in Sparks, Nev. A middle school student opened fire on campus just before the starting bell Monday, wounding two boys and killing a staff member who was trying to protect other children, Sparks police said Monday. The lone suspected gunman was also dead, though it's unclear whether the student committed suicide. (AP Photo/Kevin Clifford) MORE LESS
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The student who shot and killed a teacher and injured two students Monday at a Nevada middle school used a semi-automatic handgun, police officials said in a press conference.

The student shot and killed Michael Landberry, a math teacher at Sparks Middle School.

The student also shot two 12-year-old boys, one in the shoulder and the other in the abdomen, according to officials. Both injured boys are in stable condition.

The shooter then turned the gun on himself and died from the self-inflicted gun wound, police said.

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