UPDATE: 7:00pm EST
Dale Regan, head of the Episcopal School in Jacksonville, Fla., in May 2011. Police said she was murdered today by a recently fired Spanish teacher who then killed himself.
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UPDATE: 4:15pm EST
Episcopal Headmaster Dale Regan was slain this afternoon in a murder-suicide, according to a police source and The Rev. Kate Moorehead, the dean of St. John’s Cathedral and the Diocese of Florida. A fired Spanish teacher is reported to have killed headmaster Regan.
“We ask you to please pray for us as a community,” Moorehead said. “We have full confidence that Dale Regan is already with God and in heaven with our lord and savior Jesus.”
The identity of the shooter, initially reported to be a fired Spanish teacher, has not been confirmed.
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Authorities are en-route to Episcopal High School in Jacksonville, Florida, where two people have been fatally shot in an apparent murder-suicide.
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No students were involved or injured, but according to Times-Union news, the shooting involved a maintenance man and an administrator, but that could not be confirmed.
Fire Department Spokesman Tom Francis said the call came about 1:30 p.m. at the school at 4455 Atlantic Boulevard. The Jacksonville Sheriff’s Office is dispatching homicide detectives to the scene and a media staging area has been established.
Someone on campus reported seeing someone with a firearm and heard gun fire. Police found two people dead.
The Sheriff’s Office sent out an email at 2 p.m. for Episcopal parents to “respond to the normal pick up location.”
Another email from the Sheriff’s Office said, “The situation is under control. At this time there is no outstanding suspects.”
Many police cars are at the scene of the school, whose driveway is partially blocked off with police tape.
Hopefully everyone remains safe at Episcopal.
