A shooting this morning at Olathe East High School, left three people with gunshot wounds. The incident happened about 10:30 this morning in the office area of the school.
Here’s what we know right now. Olathe Police say the School Resource Officer, an administrator at the school and the suspect, an Olathe East Student, were shot. All three are expected to survive their injuries ad have been taken to an area hospital. Not other students were injured ad Olathe Police have secured the scene.
The School District has notified all parents and have sent in dozens of school buses to transport students to pick-up points. Parents who normally pick-up their students, need to pick them up at California Trail Middle School; parents can pick up students who normally walk to school, at California Trail Middle School; bus riders will come home on buses from Pioneer Trail Middle School and student drivers will be released in a staggered fashion and escorted to their vehicles and Special Education students will travel as normal. Counseling services will be available at California Trail Middle School and Pioneer Trail Middle school until 7:00 tonight, for those in need.