Memphis police say Jewish school shooting averted after officers shot gunman

Officers shot and wounded armed man who fired shots and was trying to gain entry to Margolin Hebrew Academy, police say

Police in Memphis said they had likely prevented a mass shooting after they shot a man who earlier was reported to have opened fire at a Jewish day school in the Tennessee city.

In a statement and news conference, local police said they had responded to a report of a white man with a handgun shooting outside the Margolin Hebrew Academy and trying to gain entry to the building.