Teacher Credited With Disarming Sixth-Grade Student Who Shot 3 at School: Father

Teacher Credited With Disarming Sixth-Grade Student Who Shot 3 at School: Father
Police tape marks a line outside Rigby Middle School following a shooting there, in Rigby, Idaho, on May 6, 2021. Natalie Behring/AP Photo
Jack Phillips
Jack Phillips
Breaking News Reporter
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An eighth-grade teacher in Idaho was credited with disarming a sixth-grade girl who opened fire in a school on May 6, according to the teacher’s father.

The teacher, Krista Gneiting, was trying to rush a wounded student to safety when she saw the girl with the gun run across the hallway.

Jack Phillips
Jack Phillips
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