Authorities shot a man after they say he fired shots at a Jewish school in Memphis, Tennessee, Monday afternoon. The man was identified as Jewish and a former student. Via CNN:
Memphis police were called to the Margolin Hebrew Academy-Feinstone Yeshiva of the South around 12:20 p.m. ET after an armed man tried to enter the school, according to Memphis Police Assistant Chief Don Crowe.
Police say the suspect tried to enter the building but couldn’t get inside. “When he could not gain entry, he fired shots outside the school,” Crowe said. No one was injured at the school.
School officials gave police a photo and a description of the suspect’s maroon colored Dodge Ram pickup truck.
A short time later, Memphis police officers found a vehicle matching the description and stopped the driver. The suspect got out of the truck with a gun in his hand and was shot by an officer, Crowe said.
The shooter was taken to a local hospital and is in critical condition. It was confirmed that he was Jewish and a former student at the school.
