当局周三表示，周三，一名枪手强行闯入弗吉尼亚州一所小学，造成一名教职员工受伤，随后开枪自杀。
距离夏洛茨维尔约30英里的韦恩斯伯勒警方表示，19岁的嫌疑人安东尼·伊格纳蒂迪斯-伊莎贝尔（Anthony ignatidis-Isabelle）被发现死于学校图书馆，显然是自残。
警方称，周三上午9点12分左右，Westwood Hills小学的工作人员向警方报警，称校园内有一名“可疑人员”。
据韦恩斯伯勒警察局长大卫·肖说，正在上课的学校实施了封锁程序。
当警察赶到时，他们在图书馆发现了嫌疑人，“死于明显的自残枪伤，”肖在周三的新闻发布会上说。学校官员说，据信当时没有学生在图书馆。
据肖说，一名工作人员遭受了无生命危险的枪伤，已经接受治疗并出院。
据负责人杰弗里·卡塞尔说，伊格纳蒂迪斯-伊莎贝尔不是韦恩斯伯勒公立学校的学生。
当局没有透露任何所谓动机的细节。肖说，他没有任何关于武器的信息可以分享，也不知道嫌疑人是否与受害者有任何联系。没有关于受害者的更多细节被公布。
警方称，枪击事件仍在调查中。
“今天是每个学校系统都希望永远不用面对的一天，”卡塞尔在周三的新闻发布会上情绪激动地说。“我需要赞扬我们的工作人员和韦恩斯伯勒警察局、奥古斯塔县警长办公室、弗吉尼亚州警方以及我们的地方、州和联邦合作伙伴的回应。”
卡塞尔说，学校的“安全和安保协议和程序发挥了作用。”
“工作人员立即通知了执法部门，我们学校执行了封锁程序，”他说。“每个学生和工作人员都很安全，都回到了家人身边。今晚请拥抱你的孩子和家人。”
Staffer injured， gunman dead in shooting at Virginia elementary school： Police
A gunman forced his way into a Virginia elementary school on Wednesday， leaving a staffer wounded before turning the gun on himself， authorities said Wednesday．
The 19-year-old suspect， Anthony Ignatiadis-Isabelle， was found dead in the school＇s library from an apparent self-inflicted gunshot wound， police in Waynesboro， about 30 miles from Charlottesville， said．
Staff at Westwood Hills Elementary School alerted police to a ＂suspicious individual＂ on the grounds at approximately 9：12 a．m． Wednesday， police said．
The school， which was in session， implemented lockdown procedures， according to Waynesboro Police Chief David Shaw．
When police arrived， they found the suspect in the library， ＂dead from an apparent self-inflicted gunshot wound，＂ Shaw said at a press briefing on Wednesday．No students are believed to have been in the library at the time， school officials said．
One staff member suffered a non-life-threatening gunshot wound and has been treated and released， according to Shaw．
Ignatiadis-Isabelle was not a student of Waynesboro Public Schools， according to Superintendent Jeffrey Cassell．
Authorities did not share any details on an alleged motive． Shaw said he did not have any information to share regarding the weapon and whether the suspect had any connection with the victim． No additional details on the victim were released．
The shooting remains under investigation， police said．
＂Today is the day every school system hopes they never have to deal with，＂ Cassell said during Wednesday＇s press briefing， getting emotional． ＂I need to praise the response of our staff and the Waynesboro Police Department， the Augusta County Sheriff＇s Office， the Virginia State Police， and our local， state and federal partners．＂
Cassell said that the school＇s ＂safety and security protocols and procedures worked．＂
＂Staff notified law enforcement immediately， and our school executed lockdown procedures，＂ he said．＂Every student and staff member is safe and returned home to their families． Please hug your children and your families this evening．＂
