A teenager killed his father at home and injured two students and a teacher after he opened firing outside a South Carolina elementary school, authorities said.

Capt. Garland Major with the Anderson County Sheriff’s Office, said that, the teen was apprehended within minutes of the shooting in this rural town about 110 miles northeast of Atlanta.

Joanne Avery, superintendent of Anderson County School District 4, said that, “We are heartbroken about this senseless act of violence.”  She canceled classes at the school for the rest of the week.

According to the authorities, the shooting spree began at the teen’s house about two miles from the school, where he shot and killed his 47-year-old father, Jeffrey Osborne.

About a few minutes later, authorities received a 911 call from Townville Elementary School.

Sheriff John Skipper said that, the shooter drove a vehicle into the school parking lot and immediately started firing a handgun as he got out and moved toward the school. He did not know who the vehicle was registered to, and he declined to say how many shots were fired.

The shooter never entered the school building, though, and was apprehended by firefighter Jamie Brock, a 30-year veteran of the Townville Volunteer Fire Department

Scott Stoller with Anderson County Emergency Management, said that, “Firefighter Brock is absolutely a hero” but he says Mr. Brock “wants to remain humble and quiet about it” as he believes “he did nothing any of the other volunteer firefighters wouldn’t have done.”

“There are no racial undertones there. There’s no terrorism involved,” Capt. Major said. “We’re confident we have the sole shooter and no one else is involved.”

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