1 student killed, 1 injured in shooting outside Minnesota school

One student was killed and another critically injured in a shooting outside a suburban Minneapolis school on Tuesday, police confirmed.

The latest: Police said Wednesday that the shooting at South Education Center in Richfield followed a dispute involving five students.

• Students Alfredo Rosario Solis, 19, and Fernando Valdez-Alvarez, 18, were arrested Tuesday in connection to the shooting, police said.

What happened: Officers arrived at South Education Center just after noon to find two students shot outside the school, Richfield police chief Jay Henthorne said at a news conference Tuesday.

• Both students were taken to the hospital, where one died. The other remains in critical condition.
• The suspects had fled the scene.

The victim: Jahmari Rice, a high school student who had transferred to South Education Center this week, was identified by friends and a family attorney as the boy killed by the gunfire, the Star Tribune reports.

• "Jahmari had heart. He was a good kid," his former football coach told the paper.

The response: School and local leaders expressed shock over the shooting, which triggered afternoon lockdowns at several nearby schools.

• "Richfield has long been a close-knit, safe and welcoming community," the City Council said in a joint statement. "Everyone in our community deserves to feel safe in their schools and in their community, and today this safety was threatened."

What's next: A vigil for the victim was planned for Wednesday.