Text messages reveal the fear a student felt after a sixth grade girl at Rigby Middle School in Idaho pulled a gun from her backpack and opened fire. The exchange, between a student at the adjacent Rigby High School and an adult believed to be their mother, were posted by reporter Nate EatonPeople embrace after a school shooting at Rigby Middle School in Rigby, Idaho on ThursdayStudents embrace after a school shooting at Rigby Middle School in Rigby, Idaho on ThursdayPeople embrace after a school shooting at Rigby Middle School in Rigby, Idaho on Thursday'Hey, we just went into lockdown. The mom then asked the student if the lockdown was a drill, and the student told her it was not. The mother said that three people had been injured and that all the middle school students were being taken to the high school. Rigby Middle School has about 1,500 students in sixth through eighth grades, according to the National Center for Education Statistics.

Source: Daily Mail May 08, 2021 22:55 UTC