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1 student dead, another injured in shooting outside school in US' Minnesota

One student died and another was critically injured after being shot outside a school in Richfield, midwestern US state of Minnesota.

One student died and another was critically injured after being shot outside a school in Richfield, midwestern US state of Minnesota.

The shooting occurred around noon on Tuesday at the South Education Center, an alternative school that serves about 200 students from pre-K to age 21 in the region, Xinhua quoted the police as saying.

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Officers discovered that two students had been shot on the sidewalk near the school's front entrance, and the suspect fled the scene immediately after the shooting.

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Both injured students were transported to hospital. One student succumbed to his injuries, while the other remained in critical condition.

Richfield, a suburban city in Hennepin County, is about a 20-minute drive south of Minneapolis, a major city in Minnesota.

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