HOUSTON, May 18 (Xinhua) -- Eight to ten people have been killed after a shooter opened fire inside Santa Fe High School Friday morning in the southeast of Houston, in the U.S. state of Texas, local police said.
Harris County Sheriff Ed Gonzalez told reporters that the death toll "could be anywhere between 8 to 10" with the majority of students. He also confirmed there were multiple injuries but didn't give the exact number.
The officer said the suspect shooter was in custody and another person was detained and questioned. "Both of them are students," he said.
Gonzalez said the shooting happened before school started, around 7:30 to 8:00 a.m.
Several ambulances, including a mass casualty ambulance, along with multiple Life Flight helicopters were seen. Multiple victims have been transported to a nearby hospital, some of them in critical condition.
Santa Fe High School in Galveston County is about 54 km southeast of downtown Houston. Santa Fe is a city with a population about 13,000.
According to local police, a person has been in custody at the scene of active shooting at the school. According to law enforcement agencies, it appears the shooter is a student.
The school was on lockdown Friday.
The county is about 360 km east of Sutherland Springs, Texas, where a gunman barged into a church last November and murdered 26 people.
