Gunman Dead After Opening Fire At Amish School
Multiple Deaths Reported At Pa. School
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(CBS) NICKEL MINES, Pa. A "number" of people were killed in a shooting at a one-room Amish schoolhouse Monday, state police said.
Police say the shooting happened around 11 a.m. at the Wolf Rock School on Mine and Rock Roads in Paradise, Pennsylvania.
"There are a number of people dead. ... The exact number I do not know yet," state police Cpl. Ralph Striebig said.
The person who fired the shots was among those killed, Striebig said.
At least 12 ambulances and four medical helicopters were dispatched to the scene, KYW-TV, the CBS affiliate in Philadelphia, reported.
Authorities say several victims were taken to area hospitals. The ages, conditions and exact number of victims were not immediately available.
About three dozen Amish people were seen standing behind a police line, and at least two ambulances had left the scene. Television news helicopters also showed a person being taken away on a stretcher to a waiting medical helicopter.
A spokesperson from Lancaster General Hospital said they received three patients and have requested all available personnel to report to duty.
Officials at the Penn State Milton S. Hershey Medical Center confirmed that victims were being admitted there. A spokeswoman said the hospital anticipated treating more than one patient, but did not know how many.
A web site states the Wolf Rock School, in the village of Nickel Mines, has a total student body of 27 and is classified as a coed religious school of Amish Association.