ST. LOUIS — At least three people were killed, including the suspect, and seven more were injured after a shooting Monday morning at Central Visual & Performing Arts High School in south St. Louis.
Taniya Lumpkin, and Taniya Gholston students at Central Visual and Performing Arts High School, and Takisha Duncan, a student's parent, react to the school shooting that happened on Monday, Oct. 24, 2022.
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Scene of a school shooting at Central Visual and Performing Arts High School.
Police cars at Kingshighway and Arsenal, outside an entrance to Collegiate and CVPA high schools.
Photos: 3 killed in shooting at St. Louis high school
High School students were evactuated to the Schnucks parking lot from the Central Visual & Performing Arts High School after a reported shooting at the school in in south St. Louis on Monday, Oct. 24, 2022. Photo by David Carson, dcarson@post-dispatch.com
People gather in a safe area after a shooting at Central Visual and Performing Arts high school in St. Louis, on Monday, Oct. 24, 2022. Photo by Jordan Opp, jopp@post-dispatch.com
Police cars assemble at Arsenal and Kingshighway on Monday, Oct. 24, 2022, at the scene of a shooting at CVPA and Collegiate high schools. Photo by David Carson, dcarson@post-dispatch.com
People gather in a safe area after a shooting at Central Visual and Performing Arts high school in St. Louis, on Monday, Oct. 24, 2022. Photo by Jordan Opp, jopp@post-dispatch.com
A parent embraces his child at the evacuation point for students who were at Central Visual & Performing Arts High School after a shooting at the school in south St. Louis on Monday, Oct. 24, 2022. Photo by David Carson, dcarson@post-dispatch.com
Takisha Duncan (left) embraces her child Taniya Lumpkin, a senior at Central Visual & Performing Arts High School, at the evacuation point on the Schnucks parking lot after a shooting at the school in south St. Louis on Monday, Oct. 24, 2022. Photo by David Carson, dcarson@post-dispatch.com Takisha Duncan
High School students were evacuated to the Schnucks parking lot from the Central Visual & Performing Arts High School after a reported shooting at the school in in south St. Louis on Monday, Oct. 24, 2022. Photo by David Carson, dcarson@post-dispatch.com
A look at some of America's deadliest school shootings
Intro
Until the massacre at Colorado’s Columbine High School in 1999, the number of dead in U.S. school shootings tended to be in the single digits. Since then, the number of shootings that included schools and killed 10 or more people has mounted. The most recent two were both in Texas. In May 2022, an 18-year-old attacker killed 19 children and two adults at Robb Elementary School in Uvalde, Texas. In May 2018, a 17-year-old killed 10 people at Santa Fe High School near Houston. Most of the victims were students.
