TUESDAY'S SCHOOL SHOOTING IN ROSWELL SHOWS HOW TRAINING PAYS OFF. STATE POLICE CHIEF PETE KASSETAS SAYS THE SHOOTING THAT INJURED TWO STUDENTS COULD HAVE BEEN MUCH WORSE HAD THE STAFF NOT BEEN TRAINED. HE SAYS THE COUNTY SHERIFF TELLS THEM SCHOOL STAFF DOES A LOT OF ACTIVE SHOOTER DRILLS WHICH, LUCKILY, WAS IN PLACE DURING TUESDAY'S SHOOTING INCIDENT.
THE INCIDENT TOOK PLACE IN THE GYM, JUST BEFORE CLASSES GOT UNDERWAY. POLICE SAY THE ALLEGED SHOOTER … A 12 YEAR OLD BOY … CONCEALED THE SHOTGUN IN A BAG TO SLIP IT INTO SCHOOL.
THE INJURED STUDENTS INCLUDE A 12 YEAR OLD BOY AND 13 YEAR OLD GIRL. BOTH WERE AIRLIFTED TO A HOSPITAL IN LUBBOCK. THE BOY WAS SHOT IN THE FACE AND NECK. AFTER TWO SURGERIES, HE'S LISTED IN CRITICAL CONDITION. THE GIRL, IDENTIFIED AS KENDAL SANDERS, IS NOW IN STABLE CONDITION.
