OREGON HIGH SCHOOL STUDENT FATALLY SHOT IN GYM CLASS BY ARMOR-CLAD GUNMAN WITH AN AR-15 ASSAULT RIFLE

REYNOLDS HIGH SCHOOL IN TROUTDALE, OREGON

A student was killed by a shooter who opened fire with a military-style rifle inside a suburban Oregon high school Tuesday morning, officials said.

The shooter also died after the attack at Reynolds High School in Troutdale, about 20 miles east of Portland.

It was unclear if there were any other casualties. A student told The Oregonian newspaper that a teacher was taken out of the school on a stretcher.

Initial reports that three shooters were involved were apparently wrong.

The Multnomah County Sheriff’s Department said cops responded to a call of shots fired at 8:07 a.m. West Coast time, KATU TV reported.

The dead shooter was armed with an AR-15 semi-automatic rifle and was dressed all in black, including a bullet-proof vest and helmet, KATU reported.

“This is a very tragic day. One that I had hoped that would never ever be part of my experience,” a school official said.

Parents told The Oregonian that the attack took place during a first-period gym class, with a student saying that shots were fired inside a locker room.

Students evacuated the school with their hands in the air, while frantic parents, some in pajamas, showed up at a nearby Safeway supermarket to search for their kids, the paper said.

Photos posted on Twitter show numerous police and fire vehicles outside the school, with a cop wearing body armor and a helmet climbing an armored truck.