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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Maroosha Muzaffar,Graeme Massie and Gustaf Kilander

St Louis school shooting - latest: Suspect Orlando Harris, 19, had enough ammunition to kill hundreds

AP

One adult, one girl and shooter die in shooting at St. Louis high school, police confirm

The gunman who shot dead a teacher and pupil in St Louis was identified on Monday evening as a former pupil of the city’s Central VPA High School, where the attack took place.

The attacker, named by police as 19-year-old Orlando Harris, was shot dead by armed responders. He graduated from the school last year.

The authorities noted that it could have been much worse.

“The individual had almost a dozen 30-round … high-capacity magazines on him. That’s a whole lot of victims there,” Police Commissioner Michael Sack said, according to CNN.

He left a note in his car with a list of other school shootings in the US, with the names of the gunmen and the number of killed people, and expressed his desire to be the next name on it.

“I don’t have any friends, I don’t have any family. I’ve been an isolated loner my whole life. This was a perfect storm for a mass shooting,” Harris wrote.

Eight victims were transported to hospital for injuries ranging from gunshot wounds to a broken ankle.

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