Two teenage girls dead after shooting at high school in Arizona

TWO female students were shot and killed on Friday at a high school in a Phoenix suburb but the danger at the campus was over, police said.

Glendale Officer Tracey Breeden said both 15-year-olds were shot once and a weapon was found near the bodies at Independence high school in Glendale.

She did not say who fired the shots and had no information on the relationship between the girls, who died at the scene.

Breeden told parents awaiting word on their kids that “your children are safe.”

No one can leave or enter the campus of more than 2000 students until police ensure the school’s safety and lift the lockdown, Glendale Union High School District said in a statement on its website earlier.

Breeden said the police department received a call just before 8am local time from the school to report a shooting.

Police officers were on the scene in less than two minutes and found the bodies of the two students near the school’s cafeteria under a covered patio area.

“It’s a tragic incident,” Breeden said.

“Two young people are dead this morning. We send our condolences out to the family, the loved ones and the friends of those two young girls.”

Arianna Trujillo, a 15-year-old sophomore at the school, said she had a history class with one of the girls who died.

She said she worked with her and other students on group projects several times.
“She would always ask questions in class and was very funny and outgoing,” Arianna said.