Two shot dead at St Louis school as White House condemns ‘senseless violence’

Gunman, 20, shot and killed two people at Central Visual and Performing Arts high school before police shot him dead

A gunman broke into a St Louis high school on Monday and killed two people before police shot him dead.

Several other people were wounded in a deadly intrusion that is certain to reignite debate about gun control in the US, even after Congress passed a bill earlier this year that tightened restrictions on access to firearms for some people who are considered to be at risk of carrying out violence.