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Update: Tennessee High School Student Killed After Firing at Knoxville Officer in School Bathroom

KNOXVILLE (CBS News) -- A police officer was wounded in a shooting at a high school in Knoxville, Tennessee, authorities said Monday.

Officials said the person who shot the officer, a student at Austin-East Magnet High School, died at the scene when police returned fire.

At 3:15 p.m. local time, police responded to a report of a male who was possibly armed in the school. Tennessee Bureau of Investigation Director David Rausch said police found the suspect in a school restroom. Police ordered him out, but he refused.

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