Ten people killed during a school shooting spree

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A teenage gunman killed 10 people and left several others wounded after he opened fire at a Minnesota high school and a home on an Indian reservation on March 21, reported The Washington Post. According to the FBI, the gunman participated in a gunfight with police before he killed himself.

Local officials said that the gunman, who has been identified as 17-year-old Jeff Weise, first killed his grandfather and his grandfather's wife in their home on the Red Lake reservation. Then he went to Red Lake High School and engaged in a shooting spree. According to FBI agent Paul McCabe, all of the dead victims were found in the same room, and they included a school security guard, a female teacher and many students. In addition, 14 other students were injured.

According to The Washington Post, authorities believe that Weise acted alone in these killings. It is believed that he got the weapons from his grandfather Daryl "Dash" Lussier, a veteran police officer of the Chippewa tribe.

Before this incident, Weise had already violated many of the school's rules, said school board member Kathryn Beaulieu. As a result of his previous actions, Weise was placed in Red Lake's Homebound Program. Students in this program are home schooled by traveling teachers.

According to the Washington Post, this incident is the nation's deadliest school shooting since the shooting at Columbine High School on April 20, 1999. This was the second school shooting in Minnesota in recent years since two students were shot at Rocori High School in September 2003.