2 teens injured in Colo. middle school shooting

The seventh-grade math teacher who tackled the suspect, David Benke, is a 6-foot-5-inch former college basketball player who has taught at the school for about 10 years, his wife Sandra Benke, told KUSA-TV. Other teachers quickly piled on the gunman, the station reported.

"Some staff acted very quickly, and very heroically," Jefferson County Sheriff's office spokeswoman Jacki Kelley said.

One male and one female were shot at about 3:30 pm outside Deer Creek Middle School in Littleton, Kelley said. Both students were taken to a nearby hospital and were expected to survive.

The school typically finishes its day at 3:05 pm The mother of one uninjured student, Sheri Hasse, said students were boarding buses when the shootings took place; Kazinform cites China Daily. See www.chinadaily.com.cn for full version.