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Who is Krista Gneiting? Wiki, Biography, Age, Disarmed the Student, Shooting, Investigation

Krista Gneiting Wiki – Krista Gneiting Biography

Krista Gneiting is a math teacher and a school custodian are being hailed as heroes after protecting students during a school shooting that left three wounded Thursday morning. Officials say that just after 9 a.m., a sixth-grade student at Rigby Middle School pulled out a handgun from her book bag and started firing, sending the school into a panic.

“We heard one gunshot and then right after, we heard another,” RMS student Lucy Long said. “We heard multiple kids screaming. All my friends and I were freaking out and we were hiding in the corner of our classroom. My heart is touched by all the incredible outpouring of love I’ve received,” Krista Turnblom Gneiting wrote on Facebook hours after she disarmed the girl and held her until cops arrived.

“Thank you. I don’t want money, I just appreciate the incredible support of Rigby!!! I love my students so much! It is why I teach!! They make my heart happy every day!!!!” Gneiting continued. “All of the staff at Rigby did their part and kept our wonderful children safe! Thank you! I love you all and we will get through this together,” she added after the shooting at Rigby Middle School shortly after 9 a.m. Thursday.

Krista Gneiting Age

Krista Gneiting‘s age is unknown.

Victim

The three victims were taken to Eastern Idaho Regional Medical Center for treatment. According to our partners at the East Idaho News, custodian Jim Wilson was released from the hospital yesterday. To donate funds to each of the three victims injured in the shooting, click here, here, and here.

Shooting Incident

The rampage only stopped when a female teacher took the handgun from the shooter and “held her until law enforcement apprehended her,” Anderson said. The teacher has been identified in a community Facebook group, multipleGoFundMe campaigns and localmedia as Krista Gneiting, an eighth-grade math teacher.

Dean Turnblom, Gneiting’s father, told Fox News that Gneiting said she felt like she had an “angel on my shoulder” as she offered reassuring words to the shooter before gently disarming the girl. “She is a pretty tough character,” Turnblom told Fox News of his daughter. “She was scared to death during it, but she is not a wimpy little gal. She is a tough turkey.”

Gneiting addressed the incident a Facebook post: “My heart is touched by all the incredible outpouring of love I’ve received,” she wrote. “All of the staff at Rigby did their part and kept our wonderful children safe! Thank you! I love you all and we will get through this together.”

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Gneiting’s husband, Alan, confirmed to USA TODAY that the post was authentic but declined to talk more about his wife’s experience. He said the couple has been advised not to speak publicly about the incident until the investigation is complete and plans to release a statement then.

“Both of us don’t like the spotlight and, you know, we’re kind of reclusive that way,” he said Friday. “She will give a statement to somebody, but it’s going to be once they close that investigation and once she feels a little more comfortable.”

Investigation Report

Authorities are still investigating how the sixth-grader from the nearby city of Idaho Falls got the gun and what motivated her to carry out the attack.

Jefferson School District Superintendent Chad Martin said schools would be closed district-wide Friday to give students time to be with their families. Counselors would be available starting Friday. “This is the worst nightmare a school district could ever face. We prepare for it,” Martin said, “but you’re never truly prepared.”

Jefferson County Prosecutor Mark Taylor said decisions about criminal charges wouldn’t be made until the investigation is complete but that they might include three counts of attempted murder.

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