15-year-old girl injured, suspect in custody after shooting at Texas high school

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Monday, January 22, 2018
15-year-old girl injured, suspect in custody after shooting at Texas high school
Sheriff's officials say there's been a shooting at a high school in a small town south of Dallas and a suspect is in custody

ITALY, Texas -- Sheriff's officials say there's been a shooting at a high school in a small town south of Dallas and a suspect is in custody.

The Ellis County Sheriff's Office said on Twitter that the "shooter is in custody" after the shooting early Monday at the school in Italy some 45 miles south of Dallas.

Sheriff's official say a 15-year-old girl was hurt and airlifted to a hospital.

The sheriff's office says students have been moved from the school and an investigation is ongoing.

A sheriff's office dispatcher, Debra Murray, said the shooting took place at Italy High School. Murray declined to release additional details.

A message left with the school district was not immediately returned.

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