TACOMA, Wash. (AP) — A spokesman for the Tacoma, Wash., school district says a special education teacher was shot and killed at an elementary school before children arrived Friday.
Spokesman Dan Voelpel says the woman was shot at about 7:35 a.m. at Birney Elementary. A suspect may also have been shot by police.
A woman who answered the phone at the school said no children were present at the school when the shooting took place. School usually begins at 9 a.m.
The Tacoma News Tribune reports there was another shooting in the Fredrickson area that is connected to the school shooting.
