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Two students are dead, and a teacher is injured after a shooting at a Des Moines, Iowa school that police say \u201cwas not random,\u201d but \u201cdefinitely targeted.\u201d<\/p>\n
When police arrived they performed CPR on the students, who later died at the hospital, The Associated Press<\/a> reports. The teacher is undergoing surgery. Several suspects are in custody.<\/p>\n \u201cThe incident was definitely targeted. It was not random. There was nothing random about this,\u201d Sgt. Paul Parizek said.<\/p>\n The AP adds that the shooting occurred at the Starts Right Here educational mentorship program, \u201cwhich helps at-risk youth,\u201d and \u201cwas founded by Will Holmes, a rapper whose stage name is Will Keeps.\u201d<\/p>\n READ MORE: \u2018My Heart Is Broken\u2019: Florida Teachers Ordered to Remove or Block Classroom Libraries or Face Felony Prosecution<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n Des Moines police provided an update to KCCI.<\/p>\n Police Sgt. Paul Parizek confirms two students were killed in a shooting Monday at a school in Des Moines, Iowa, and a school staff member was seriously injured. pic.twitter.com\/O4UY4zwVB5<\/a><\/p>\n \u2014 The Recount (@therecount) January 23, 2023<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n According to the Gun Violence Archive<\/a>, 2698 people have died by guns already this year. Last year<\/a>, a total of 44,287 people died by guns in America, a decrease from the 45,098 who died by guns in 2021.<\/p>\n Good Morning Iowa anchor Chenue Her posted this video:<\/p>\n BREAKING UPDATE: Des Moines police say two students are now dead, one staff member still in the hospital.<\/p>\n Three potential suspects are all in custody.<\/p>\n Police say this shooting happened at the Starts Right Here charter school in downtown Des Moines. pic.twitter.com\/MRk6GinGno<\/a><\/p>\n \u2014 Chenue Her (@ChenueHer) January 23, 2023<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n Giffords, the anti-gun violence organization led by former Congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords, said<\/a>: \u201cAgain, again, and again. Two students have been killed and a teacher injured in a school shooting in Des Moines, Iowa. We\u2019ve barely taken a breath and processed the shootings in Monterey Park and Baton Rouge\u2014yet another community is now hurting.\u201d<\/p>\n In a shooting this weekend in Monterey Park, California, 11 people were killed, the last dying on Monday.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n
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