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Today one student was killed and three injured in a shooting at Freeman High School, just south of Spokane, according to the Spokesman-Review.

In response, StJohn‘s Cathedral will host a prayer vigil tonight for all those affected by the shooting.

The vigil will be from 7-8 p.m.

Details about the shooting are still emerging.

“Our hearts are broken by the events at Freeman High School this morning. This is a terrible day for the students, parents, teachers, administrators and the rest of that close-knit community. Our thoughts and prayers are with everyone affected by this horrendous tragedy. First responders in our region are one team,” Spokane Mayor David Condon said in a statement.

 

[Correction: Initial reports of the number of students injured were inaccurate. The correct number of injured students is three, not five.]

Tracy Simmons
Tracy Simmons
Tracy Simmons is an award-winning journalist specializing in religion reporting and digital entrepreneurship. In her approximate 20 years on the religion beat, Simmons has tucked a notepad in her pocket and found some of her favorite stories aboard cargo ships in New Jersey, on a police chase in Albuquerque, in dusty Texas church bell towers, on the streets of New York and in tent cities in Haiti. Simmons has worked as a multimedia journalist for newspapers across New Mexico, Texas, Connecticut and Washington. She is the executive director of FāVS.News, a digital journalism start-up covering religion news and commentary in Spokane, Washington. She also writes for The Spokesman-Review and national publications. She is a Scholarly Associate Professor of Journalism at Washington State University.
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