UPDATE: New Mexico shooter is a 12 year old boy

A 12 years old open fire Tuesday morning at Roswell middle school, seriously wounding two students before a teacher persuaded him to put down his gun and surrender, authorities said.
State Police Chief  Pete Kassetas said the shooting took place around 7:30 a.m. inside the gymnasium of the Berrendo Middle School. He said the student, a seventh-grader whom he declined to identify, used a 20-gauge, sawed-off shotgun that he had sneaked into school in some sort of bag.


Gov. Susana Martinez said two students were wounded, an 11-year-old boy and a 13-year-old girl. She praised John Masterson, the teacher who talked the suspect into giving up, and an off-duty state police officer who also assisted.