Student opens fire at Omaha high school, 2 wounded

OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — A student opened fire at an Omaha high school today wounding two adults including the principal and causing students to rush to a school kitchen to take cover, authorities said.

Later, the suspect, identified as 17-year-old Robert Butler, Jr., was found dead in car about a mile away from the school after shooting himself, Omaha police chief Alex Hayes said.

It was not immediately clear why Butler, a son of an Omaha police detective, shot Millard High School Principal Curtis Case and Vice Principal Vicki Kasper.

Case was in stable condition and Kasper was in critical condition at an area hospital, the chief told reporters.

A 16-year-old student at the school told The Associated Press she was just beginning lunch when a school administrator came into the cafeteria.