On September 8th, 2016, shortly before 9 a.m. a young female student brought a gun to school and died of a self-inflicted gunshot after shooting another female student at Alpine High School in Alpine, Texas. 

The shooting happened inside the band hall of the school.

^[13]Alpine is 220 miles southeast of El Paso and 110 miles north of Big Bend National Park.

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The girl that was shot survived and remains in critical care at the local hospital.

^[14]There are only about 300 students at Alpine High School.

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The student victim was apparently strong enough to run outside and flag down a car to take her to the hospital.

The student and officer who were injured have not been identified and it's unclear how serious their injuries are.

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A spokeswoman for Big Bend Regional Medical Center said the hospital are tending to three 'victims'.

Spokeswoman Ruth Hucke declined to say how the victims had been injured.

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The shooting prompted a lockdown at Alpine's three public schools.

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As reported by Brewster County Sheriff, Ronny Dodson, the shooting was past of a chaotic series of events around the community.

A call for a bomb threat was received nearby Sul Ross State University, which required law enforcements to rush to the college from the high school.

And, federal agent was accidentally shot by a law enforcement officer while responding to the High School shooting.

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Dodson says: