Mother Jones
A school shooting took place inside the cafeteria of Marysville-Pilchuck High School in Washington state on Friday. The suspected gunman, a student at the high school, died from a self-inflicted gunshot wound, according to CNN. Federal officials say up to five people were shot. Roughly 50 people were present in the cafeteria at the time. At least one student has been killed, four others injured.
If you feel like you’re stuck watching some kind of awful repeat programming, it’s because you are: According to data gathered by the reform group Everytown for Gun Safety, Friday’s is the 87th shooting incident at a school since the massacre at Sandy Hook Elementary nearly two years ago.
For a detailed look into the rise of mass shootings in America, see our latest coverage here.
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