US Politics | St Louis high school teacher died after stepping in front of gunman and kids during mass shooting
A TEACHER died after heroically stepping in between a school shooter and her students during a massacre that also killed a teen girl. Jean Kucska, 61, was shot dead on Monday by 19-year-old Orlando Harris, a former student at Central Visual and Performing Arts High School in St. Louis. Missouri. 
Jean Kucska, 61, was shot dead on Monday by 19-year-old Orlando Harris, a former student at Central Visual and Performing Arts High School in St. Louis. MissouriFacebook/Jean Kirk Kuczka 
APPeople embrace following a shooting at a high school, in St. Louis '/ ' 
AFPLaw enforcement stand outside the north side of the Central Visual and Performing Arts High School after a shooting that left three people dead including the shooter '/ ' The mother-of-five stepped in front of the gunman to protect her students after he entered her classroom, according to the St. Louis Post-Dispatch. "My mom loved kids," her daughter Abigail Kuczka told the outlet. "She loved her students. I know her students looked at her like she was their mom." According to one survivor, the shooter said he was ...tired of everybody... in the school as he opened fire. He also allegedly yelled, ...you're all going to die.... Read More News 
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Jean Kucska, 61, was shot dead on Monday by 19-year-old Orlando Harris, a former student at Central Visual and Performing Arts High School in St. Louis. MissouriFacebook/Jean Kirk Kuczka APPeople embrace following a shooting at a high school, in St. Louis '/ ' AFPLaw enforcement stand outside the north side of the Central Visual and Performing Arts High School after a shooting that left three people dead including the shooter '/ ' The mother-of-five stepped in front of the gunman to protect her students after he entered her classroom, according to the St. Louis Post-Dispatch. "My mom loved kids," her daughter Abigail Kuczka told the outlet. "She loved her students. I know her students looked at her like she was their mom." According to one survivor, the shooter said he was ...tired of everybody... in the school as he opened fire. He also allegedly yelled, ...you're all going to die.... Read More News MEDICINE AND MURDER How serial killer nurse got away with murdering 'hundreds' for 16 years LIVING HELL Inside tourists' 28 hours of hell trapped underground as strange twist emerges The gunman reportedly had more than a dozen 30-round magazines on him, but his long gun jammed, preventing a far worse tragedy, police said. Alexandria Bell, 15, has been identified by her father Andre Bell as the 8th-grade student killed in her classroom. ...Alexandria was my everything. She was joyful, wonderful and just a great person,... the grieving father told KSDK. Aside from the two victims, seven others were hurt in the mass shooting but are in stable condition. Most read in The US Sun VLAD'S BARRAGE Putin oversees 'nuke strike on West' during 'Operation Thunder' WW3 drills TOO TRAGIC Teen Mom fans sob as Gary Shirley's wife bawls over Amber Portwood custody loss 'SCARED I WAS NEXT' Foul-mouthed haunting confession of Kristin Smart's killer revealed WASH TRAGEDY 'World's dirtiest man' dies just months after taking first shower in 67 YEARS CASHING IN Direct payments worth up to $1,050 will start going out to millions in days NO MORE Kanye 'loses billionaire status' after being dropped for antisemitic remarks Before police could stop the horror violence, a chilling silence overtook the high school when students allegedly began to hear ...noises... during what was thought to be a routine lockdown, CVPA senior Ryane Owens, 18, told the St Louis Post-Dispatch. Ninth grader Nylah Jones told the outlet that the shooter fired into her locked classroom from the hallway but couldn't get in. Students piled into a corner of the room and sat in horrified silence while the shooter banged on the door, Jones said. Police rushed to the school after hearing reports of an active shooter situation at around 9am. St Louis Police Chief Michael Sack said responding officers quickly identified the suspect and engaged in a shootout. ...Officers ran to that gunfire, located that shooter and engaged that shooter in an exchange of gunfire,... Sack said. The suspect, identified by police as Harris, 19, was transported to the hospital, where he died of his injuries. Students reportedly told police that the suspect was wearing all black and carrying a ...long gun.... Read More on The US Sun DECISION TIME Serena Williams' stepmom's bid to save childhood home to be decided in days JUSTICE AT LAST Parade killer found guilty of murder of 6 after crashing car into crowd "This is a heartbreaking day for all of us,... Sack said. ...It's going to be tough. While on paper, we might have nine victims, eight who were transported, one remained, we have hundreds of others. Everyone who survived here is going to take home trauma....
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