South Dakota high school principal shot, wounded; students safe
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Updated 2:15 p.m. | Posted 10:52 a.m.
The principal of a South Dakota high school was wounded Wednesday in a shooting at the school. School officials say the suspected shooter is in custody and students are reported safe.
The superintendent of Harrisburg High School, about 10 miles south of Sioux Falls, S.D., says the principal suffered a flesh wound.
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Authorities say the situation may have turned out far worse if not for the intervention of an assistant principal.
Law enforcement officials say a student at about 10 a.m. got into a dispute with Principal Kevin Lein in the principal's office, pulled a gun and shot Lein in the arm.
Sioux Falls Police Officer Sam Clemens says Assistant Principal Ryan Rollinger tackled the student and held him down with help from athletic director Joe Struwe.
Authorities say they don't know what may have caused the dispute.