Isabella MacKeige, 18, a senior at Marysville Pilchuck High School, shows the hand she received cuts on as she climbed a fence with a locked gate after she ran from the school cafeteria when a fellow student began shooting, Friday, Oct. 24, 2014, in Marysville, Wash. (AP Photo/Ted S. Warren)
Republished October 25, 2014 - 12:38 PM
Original Publication Date October 24, 2014 - 11:25 AM
MARYSVILLE, Wash. - A union official says a newly hired high school teacher confronted a gunman during a deadly shooting at a Washington state school.
Marysville Education Association president Randy Davis said Saturday that first-year social studies teacher Megan Silberberger intervened in the shooting at Marysville-Pilchuck High School.
Student Erick Cervantes told KIRO-TV the teacher intercepted the gunman as he was trying to reload.
The attacker killed one girl on Friday and seriously wounded four others before dying of a self-inflicted wound.
Davis, who spoke briefly with the teacher, says he's amazed by her actions.
Authorities say the on-scene investigation at the school was complete. A .40-calibre handgun was recovered, which authorities believe was the weapon used.
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