Two released from hospital after Olathe East shooting; suspect in critical condition
The two victims wounded in a shooting at Olathe East High School have been released from the hospital, officials said Friday afternoon.
A third person remains in critical condition, according to Christine Hamele, a spokeswoman with Overland Park Regional Medical Center.
The patient who was still hospitalized was the suspected shooter, a source said.
The shooting unfolded around 10:30 a.m. in an office at the high school at 14544 West 127th Street.
A school administrator and a resource officer were injured, according to police. A suspect, who is a student, was also injured and was taken into custody, according to radio traffic captured by Broadcastify.com.
The hospital initially said one patient was in critical condition, another was in critical but stable condition, and the third person was stable. All three injured in Friday’s shooting were men.
The school went into lockdown. After it was deemed safe, students were reunited with their parents at nearby locations. Dozens of parents flooded the sites in the aftermath of the shooting.
Cory Stone, whose son is a 14-year-old freshman, said he received a flood of calls from his ex-wife about the incident. Then his son texted: “If I get shot, I love you.”
“Those kids are scared to death,” Stone said.
Stone said he has a fifth-grade daughter in the Olathe system as well. He said he planned to pick her up “and hug her too” on Friday afternoon.
Olathe East is one of five high schools in the Olathe School District. The school has roughly 2,000 students. The district, which is in the suburbs of Kansas City, has fewer than 30,000 students enrolled.
This story was originally published March 4, 2022 at 4:19 PM.
