Chardon, Ohio:
A teenager opened fire in the cafeteria at a suburban Ohio high school Monday, killing one student and wounding four others before he was chased from the building by a teacher and captured a short distance away, authorities said.
A student who saw the attack up close said it appeared that the gunman targeted a group of students sitting together and that the one who was killed was gunned down while trying to duck under the cafeteria table.
FBI officials would not comment on a motive.
The shooting sent students screaming through the halls at the start of the school day at Chardon High.
An education official said the suspected shooter is a student at the nearby Lake Academy, not a student at Chardon High.
The suspect's name has not been released because he is a juvenile.
The FBI said he was arrested near his car a half-mile from Chardon.
Teachers locked down their classrooms as they had been trained to do during drills, and students took cover as they waited for the all-clear in this town of 5,100 people 30 miles (48 kilometres) from Cleveland.
One teacher was said to have dragged a wounded student into his classroom for protection.
Another chased the gunman out of the building, police said.
Long before official word came of the attack, parents learned of the bloodshed from students via text message and cellphone and thronged the streets around the school, anxiously awaiting word on their children.
Two of the wounded were listed in critical condition, and another was in serious condition.
The slain student, Daniel Parmertor, was an aspiring computer repairman who was waiting in the cafeteria for the bus for his daily 15-minute ride to a vocational school.
Officers investigating the shooting blocked off a road in a heavily wooded area several miles from the school.
Federal agents patrolled the muddy driveway leading to several spacious homes and ponds, while other officers walked a snowy hillside.
A police dog was brought in.
It wasn't clear what they were looking for.
The school had no metal detectors, but current and past students said it had frequent security drills in case of a shooting.
"I want to assure the Chardon community and the neighboring communities we are safe, we have done diligent work up to this point," said local police chief Tim McKenna.
Joe Bergant, Chardon school superintendent, said all schools in the area would be closed on Tuesday and grief counsellors would be made available to students and families.
"We want them to stay home, spend some time reflecting on family and I hope every parent, if you haven't hugged or kissed your kid in the last couple days, take that time," he said.