(CNN) A student is being hailed as a hero after he was killed Wednesday while trying to stop a shooting at a high school near near Spokane, Washington. The shooter had brought "multiple weapons" to the small school, officials said. One jammed as he tried to open fire, Spokane County Sheriff Ozzie Knezovich said in a news conference Wednesday. That's when a student, identified by local media and CNN affiliates as Sam Strahan, stepped in to try to stop the shooter and save lives. He paid his own. "It sounds like he tried to walk up and tell him 'this isn't what you want to do,'" Sheriff Knezovich said.One student killed, 3 wounded at Freeman High School near Spokane, WashingtonLone suspect in custody, officials said
The school, which is between _ and Rockford, has 327 students, according to media reports.