More than 100 officers responded to Tanglewood Middle School in Greenville, working to identify the shooter, according to the Greenville County Sheriff’s Office. A request for backup was called in at about 12:30 p.m. by the school’s resource officer.

A 12-year-old boy was taken to a local hospital with a gunshot wound, the Greenville County Sheriff Hobart Lewis said. The sheriff’s office later confirmed on Facebook that the boy died.

Another 12-year-old student was taken into custody near campus shortly after the report was called in, the sheriff’s office said. He left the school immediately following the shooting, deputies found out later.

He was arrested and is being charged with murder, possession of a weapon during a violent crime, possession of a firearm on school property, and unlawful possession of a weapon by a minor.

Source – NBCNews