The original content of Democracy Now! Headlines appears under the Creative
Commons BY-NC-ND 3.0 License (United States). For more, including their other
shows and media, visit www.democracynow.org.
October 25, 2022

Heavily Armed Teen Gunman Shoots Six, Two Fatally, at St. Louis High School
---------------------------------------------------------------------------

In Missouri, a teenage gunman shot and killed a teacher and a student at
the Central Visual and Performing Arts High School in south St. Louis on
Monday. Four other students were shot and wounded before the gunman was
shot dead by police. Police identified him as a 19-year-old recent
graduate of the school. He was armed with a long gun and more than a
dozen 30-round magazines. Witnesses say many more people could have died
if the teen's gun had not jammed during the assault. 

Taniya Lumpkin: "I was trying to run, and I couldn't run. And me and him
made eye contact. And I'm glad I made it out because his gun got jammed.
We saw blood on the floor. I think somebody got shot." 



.