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Seven security guards were in the school, according to St. Louis Schools Superintendent Kelvin Adams. Officials said security staff identified the suspect’s efforts to enter the school and immediately notified other staff.

\"This could've been a horrific scene -- it was not, by the grace of God,\" Sack said Tuesday.

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PHOTO: Students and faculty gather with first responders outside the Central Visual and Performing Arts High School in St. Louis, Oct. 24, 2022, following a shooting.
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PHOTO: First responders on the scene of a shooting at the Central Visual and Performing Arts High School in St. Louis, Oct. 24, 2022.
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\"It's very easy to get guns,\" Sack said at a news conference Monday. \"I've said it before -- the gun laws in Missouri [are] very broad ... they can carry them openly down any street, and there's really nothing we can do.\"

St. Louis Mayor Tishaura Jones said she had visited students when the school year started.

\"They were bright eyed, bushy-tailed. We laughed, we sang, we danced. And now to be here for such a devastating and traumatic situation breaks my heart,\" she said. \"I'm heartbroken for these families who send their children to our schools hoping that they will be safe. Our children shouldn't have to experience this.\"

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PHOTO: Broken glass at the entrance on the north side of the Central Visual and Performing Arts High School after a shooting in St Louis, Missouri, Oct. 24, 2022.
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White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre addressed the shooting at Monday's press briefing, saying, \"We need additional action to stop the scourge of gun violence.\"

\"Every day that the Senate fails to send assault weapons ban to the president's desk, or waits to take ... other commonsense actions, is a day too late for our families and communities impacted by gun violence,\" she told reporters.

At Tuesday's news conference Sack encouraged anyone to notify police if they are \"aware of an individual who appears to be suffering from some kind of mental illness or distress,\" and is talking about buying guns or causing harm.

ABC News' Ben Gittleson, Darren Reynolds, Matt Foster and Teddy Grant contributed to this report.

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