2 in critical condition after shooting at Des Moines school

Three people are in the hospital after a shooting at a Des Moines, Iowa, school on Monday, according to police.

Two victims are in “very critical condition,” Des Moines police spokesman Paul Parizek told reporters. The third is in serious condition after the shooting at Starts Right Here, a charter school, the Des Moines Police Department said.

The shooting was reported just before 1 p.m. About 20 minutes later, “multiple suspects” were taken into custody at a traffic stop about 2 miles away from the school, according to police.

The victims have not been identified. At least one victim is an employee, Parizek said.

Mike Beranek, president of the Iowa State Education Association, said in a statement, “We implore our elected leaders to consider effective strategies to eliminate gun violence and pursue concrete solutions that will keep our students, educators, and communities safe. Our schools need to be bastions of safety, not the recipients of violence. This needs to end. As a nation we need to recognize this is societal issue seeping into our schools.”

Iowa Gov. Kim Reynolds said in a statement that she’s “shocked and saddened.”

She said she’s seen “first-hand how hard” the school staff “works to help at-risk kids through this alternative education program.”

“My heart breaks for them, these kids and their families,” the governor said.

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