Officials: Firefighter Halted Teen Who Killed Father, Shot 3

TOWNVILLE, S.C. (AP) — A volunteer firefighter stopped a teenager who shot three people outside a South Carolina elementary school after killing his father at their home, authorities said. The shooter wounded two students and a teacher Wednesday afternoon outside rural Townville Elementary but was apprehended before he could get inside the building, Anderson County Sheriff John Skipper said. Firefighter Jamie Brock, a 30-year veteran of the Townville Volunteer Fire Department down the road from the school, "just took him down," the sheriff said. Crying and upset, the teen called his grandmother's cellphone at 1:44 p.m., Anderson County Coroner Greg Shore said. About one minute later, authorities received a 911 call from a teacher at the school in this rural town about 110 miles northeast of Atlanta. The shooter drove a truck into the school parking lot and immediately started firing as he got out and moved toward the school, Skipper said. Television images showed officers swarming the school after the report of an active shooter. Greenville Health System spokeswoman Sandy Dees said the other student, Jacob Hall, remained in critical condition Wednesday evening.

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