One killed in Colorado school shooting

Denver: Two students have opened fire at a Colorado science and technology school, killing a fellow student and wounding seven others before being taken into custody, law enforcement and hospital officials said.

The Douglas County Sheriff's office said deputies heard shots coming from the Science, Technology, Engineering and Math (STEM) School in Highlands Ranch, about 40km south of Denver, when they arrived to investigate reports of gunfire.

A man who identified himself as Fernando Montoya said his 17-year-old son, a junior at STEM, was shot three times, and one of his friends was also wounded.He said his son, who was later released from a hospital, told him one attacker walked into his classroom and opened fire with a gun and another attacker was already in the classroom. "He said a guy pulled a pistol out of a guitar case and started to shoot," Montoya said.