Sparks Middle School heroic teacher killed was veteran and Dad

UPDATE From NBC
Teacher killed in Nevada middle school shooting ID'd; shooter dead
NBC News
By Erin McClam, Staff Writer

A student apparently opened fire at a Nevada middle school Monday, killing a teacher and wounding two boys, authorities said. The shooter was left dead.

A hospital said that the two boys arrived in critical condition. One was later upgraded to fair. The slain teacher was identified as Michael Landsberry, a former Marine and a member of the Nevada Air National Guard.

Landsberry’s brother, Reggie, told NBC News that the 8th-grade math teacher is survived by his wife, Sharon, and two of her children from a previous relationship.

Authorities suggested that Landsberry tried to shield students from the gunman, but stressed they were still investigating.
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2 dead, 2 boys hurt in Nevada school shooting
By Scott Sonner of Associated Press

Michael Landsberry, a military veteran, has been identified as the staff member who was killed while trying to stop a shooter at Sparks Middle School.

SPARKS, Nev. — A student at a Nevada middle school opened fire on campus just before the starting bell Monday, wounding two boys and killing a teacher who was trying to protect other children, Sparks police and the victim's family said.

Twenty to thirty students witnessed the tragedy at Sparks Middle School that also left the lone suspected gunman dead, police said.

It's unclear whether the student committed suicide, but authorities say no shots were fired by law enforcement. Police said between 150 and 200 officers, including some from as far as 60 miles away, responded to the shooting.

"In my estimation, he is a hero. ... We do know he was trying to intervene," Reno Deputy Police Chief Tom Robinson said of the teacher who was killed.
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