Suspects in shooting outside Minnesota school identified as 18- and 19-year-old students
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The two suspects in a fatal shooting Tuesday outside a Minnesota school were identified by police on Wednesday as 18- and 19-year-old students. A 15-year-old student was killed in the shooting, and a 17-year-old student remains hospitalized in critical condition.
Richfield Police Chief Jay Henthorne said Fernando Valdez-Alvarez, 18, and Alfredo Rosario Solis, 19, have been taken into custody in connection with the shooting. Henthorne said he expects charges to be filed on Thursday, and said he believes there is no longer any threat to the public.
The shooting, which took place outside Richfield's South Education Center just after noon on Tuesday, occurred after an "altercation" between a group of five students who knew each other, Henthorne said. He said that a "handgun was produced" and two students were shot.