NICKEL MINES, Pa.-
A “number” of people were killed in a shooting at a one-room Amish schoolhouse Monday, state police said.
“There are a number of people dead. … The exact number I do not know yet,” state police Cpl. Ralph Striebig said.
The person who fired the shots was among those killed, Striebig said. There are also a number of casualties, he said.
Police surrounded the one-room school in southeastern Lancaster County late Monday morning. The Lancaster County 911 Web site reported that dozens of emergency units were dispatched to a “medical emergency” at 10:45 a.m. Monday.
Officials at the Penn State Milton S. Hershey Medical Center confirmed that victims were being admitted there. A spokeswoman said the hospital anticipated treating more than one patient, but did not know how many.
About three dozen Amish people were seen standing behind a police line, and at least two ambulances had left the scene. Television news helicopters also showed a person being taken away on a stretcher to a waiting medical helicopter.
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