At least one student has died and three others have been injured after being shot in a shooting that occurred early Monday morning inside the Sapopemba state school, located in the southeast of the Brazilian city of Sao Paulo.

As reported by the Ministry of Public Security, a 15-year-old adolescent entered armed and opened fire inside the educational center. The minor had reported in April that he had been the victim of attacks and threats by other students at the center.

A young woman has lost her life after being shot at point-blank range in the head and two of the injured have been taken to the emergency room with wounds to the chest and collarbone; while the third injured person suffered cuts to his hand while trying to flee from the attacker.

The Military Police have traveled to the scene of the events, where they have also managed to capture the alleged perpetrator of the shooting, as reported by the government of Sao Paulo in a statement to the Brazilian news portal G1. The agents have seized the murder weapon, which belonged to the father of the alleged perpetrator and had been acquired legally.

“At this time, the priority is to provide assistance to victims and psychological assistance and support to students, education professionals and families,” added the São Paulo government.

The president of Brazil, Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, has expressed his condolences on social networks, where he has taken the opportunity to emphasize that the country “cannot normalize” that young people have access to weapons, which can lead to “tragedies like this.”

The Minister of Justice has also expressed his condolences and has indicated on his social networks that the agents of the Cybercrime Laboratory are collaborating with the Police in the ongoing investigations.

This is the second armed incident in an educational center in Sao Paulo in just seven months. At the end of March, a teacher died and four students were injured after a student at the center, a 13-year-old boy, attacked them with a knife.