What We Know So Far About the Deadly School Shooting in New Mexico

Two students were killed on Thursday in a high school shooting in New Mexico, putting schools throughout the small city of Aztec on lockdown as police scrambled to address the threat, as the Associated Press reported.

The gunman also died at the scene. Though police hadn't divulged any details on the shooter's identity at the time of publication, a county official told the Farmington Daily Times the perp was also a student. No one else was injured, according to police.

The FBI was working with state police to investigate what might have motivated the shooting at Aztec High, a school of about 1,000 students in a city of just under 7,000 near the Colorado border.

Though nearby schools concerned they might be in danger went on lockdown after word broke about the shooting, police said they believed it was an isolated incident. The lockdown was lifted around 10 AM local time, area CBS affilate KRQE reports.

Aztec High was evacuated earlier in the morning, and the students were bussed to a local park while police cleared the school. Parents reunited with their kids a little after 11 AM, the Daily Times reports.

Caidyn Atwood, a student at Aztec High, told the paper the scene inside was terrifying.

“I heard gunshots and screaming,” Atwood said. “They just said, ‘There’s a lockdown, and this is not a drill.’ It was the scariest moment of my life.”

In a Facebook post, the county sheriff's office said it's hoping to speak with students who witnessed the tragedy.

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