Student charged as adult, SD school shooting

Update…

 SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (AP) – A 16-year-old student has been charged with attempted murder in the shooting of a South Dakota high school principal, who was lightly wounded in the arm.
 
     Lincoln County State’s Attorney Tom Wollman says charges were filed Thursday against Mason Buhl as an adult. They are one count each of first-degree attempted murder and commission of a felony while armed with a firearm.
 
     Buhl is accused of shooting Harrisburg High School Principal Kevin Lein during school hours Wednesday. Buhl was subdued by other school officials and no one else was hurt.
 
     Buhl’s father, Rodney Buhl, told The Associated Press on Wednesday that he doesn’t know what led his son to the shooting. He says the teen has been very quiet over the past year and thinks he’s “just mad at everybody.”

Earlier…

  HARRISBURG, S.D. (AP) – Authorities say a shooting at a South Dakota high school this morning may have turned out far worse if not for the intervention of an assistant principal. They say a student at Harrisburg High School got into a dispute with the principal in the principal’s office, pulled a gun and shot the principal in the arm. According to police, Assistant Principal Ryan Rollinger tackled the student and held him down with help of the school’s athletic director. The principal was only slightly hurt. The suspect is in custody.

 A South Dakota man says his son is the student who shot a high school principal Wednesday. The boy has not been charged in the shooting or identified by authorities. 

Earlier…

HARRISBURG, S.D. (AP) – Authorities say a shooting at a South Dakota high school Wednesday morning may have turned out far worse if not for the intervention of an assistant principal. They say a student at Harrisburg High School got into a dispute with the principal in the principal’s office, pulled a gun and shot the principal in the arm. According to police, Assistant Principal Ryan Rollinger tackled the student and held him down with help of the school’s athletic director. The principal was only slightly hurt. The suspect is in custody.

 A South Dakota man says his 16-year-old son is the student who shot a high school principal Wednesday.
 
     The man says his ex-wife called to tell him their son had been arrested at Harrisburg High School in the shooting about 10 a.m.
 
     The Associated Press is not naming the man so as not to identify his son, who has not been charged in the shooting or identified by authorities.
 
     Authorities say the teen had a dispute with the principal in the administrator’s office, pulled a gun and shot the man in the arm before being tackled by staff.
 
     The man says he doesn’t know what led his son to the shooting. He says the teen has been very quiet over the past year and thinks he’s “just mad at everybody.”

Previously…

HARRISBURG, S.D. (AP) – The principal of a South Dakota high school has been wounded in a shooting at the school. School officials say a student suspected in the shooting is in custody and other students are reported safe.

The superintendent of Harrisburg High School, about 10 miles south of Sioux Falls, says Principal Kevin Lein suffered a flesh wound.

Superintendent James Holbeck tells local media outlets that the suspected shooter is in custody. District administrative assistant Tracy Heiden says all students are safe.

Lincoln County Deputy State’s Attorney Ross Wright says the suspected shooter is a student.

The school is in lockdown. Parents have been told to stay away from school premises.