ABC News<\/strong><\/a> that she was preparing her Rigby Middle School students for their final exams. When she looked outside the classroom, she saw the custodian lying on the ground. She then heard two more gunshots as she closed the door.<\/p>\nThe police say a sixth-grade girl brought the handgun in her backpack and shot two people inside the school, and one outside. All three were released from the hospital within a few days.<\/p>\n
Gneiting said she was trying to help one of the wounded students when she saw the girl holding the gun. \u201cIt was a little girl, and my brain couldn\u2019t quite grasp that,\u201d she continued. \u201cI just knew when I saw that gun, I had to get the gun.\u201d<\/p>\n
She approached the sixth-grader, asking her, \u201cAre you the shooter?\u201d Gneiting then walked closer, put her hand on the girl\u2019s arm, and \u201cslowly pulled the gun out of her hand.\u201d She said the girl didn\u2019t give it to her but also didn\u2019t fight it. \u201cAfter I got the gun, I just pulled her into a hug because I thought, this little girl has a mom somewhere that doesn\u2019t realize she\u2019s having a breakdown and she\u2019s hurting people,\u201d Gneiting explained. \u201cAfter a while, the girl started talking to me, and I could tell she was very unhappy \u2013 I just kept hugging her and loving her and trying to let her know that we\u2019re going to get through this together.\u201d<\/p>\n
When the police got there, the math teacher told the sixth-grade student that an officer would need to put her in handcuffs, and she complied.<\/p>\n
The girl has been charged in the shooting, however, neither her name nor the nature of the charges has been released.<\/p>\n
Gneiting says she hopes people can forgive the girl and help her get the support she needs. \u201cShe is just barely starting in life and she just needs some help. Everybody makes mistakes.\u201d<\/p>\n
Watch Krista Gneiting’s interview with Good Morning America below.<\/strong><\/p>\n <\/p>\n