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Updated: 7:42 p.m. ET March 21, 2005RED LAKE, Minn. - Eight people were killed and as many as 14 people were injured in shootings Monday at and near a Minnesota high school on an Indian reservation, authorities said.<br /><br />Six of the confirmed dead were identified only by their status at school. One victim was a teacher, one was a security officer and four were students, said Paul McCabe, an FBI spokesman. We think one of those students was the shooter, McCabe said.<br /><br />As McCabe spoke at the afternoon news conference, he received confirmation that two of the wounded a couple shot at a home before the high school shootings had died. Their identities and names of the other victims were not immediately known.<br /><br />Many questions remained unanswered. It will take us throughout the night to put the whole picture together, he said. It's still a very fluid investigation. They're still clearing the school as a safety precaution, even though we believe the shooter is among the dead. <br /><br />Red Lake High School, on the Red Lake Indian Reservation in far northern Minnesota, has about 300 students, according to its Web site.<br /><br />Audrey Thayer, who lives in Bemidji and works as a researcher for the American Civil Liberties Unions Minnesota chapter, said the reservation was locked down by police with roadblocks. They have got it closed off, she said.<br /><br />The reservation is about 240 miles north of the Twin Cities. It is home to the Red Lake Band of Chippewa Indians.
<br /><br />But, prayers for the victims and families are certainly in order. The Devil seems to be working overtime lately. 