A student was killed after a shooting at a North Carolina high school Monday, according to local media.
The shooting took place at Butler High School in Matthews, N.C. around 7:15 a.m. local time. When police arrived on scene one student was shot and was rushed to the hospital with critical injuries the Matthews Police Department said.
Another student was taken into custody, police added.
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According to WBTV, police said the student in the hospital has died.
Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools Superintendent Clayton Wilcox told WSOC-TV that the student who fired the gun was angry with another
student, leading to the shooting.
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