One person is injured and a suspect has been arrested following a shooting Friday morning at Forest High School in Marion County.
UPDATE: We’ve learned that two students were involved in the shooting, according to Marion County Schools.
It’s not yet known if the shooting was intentional. One student was taken to the hospital with non-life threatening injuries. It’s believed they were shot in the ankle, according to school officials.
The incident happened in the main school building.
There are about 2,200 students Forest Hills High School. The students were evacuated to the front lawn. The school remained on lockdown and students were being taken to another location at about 10:30 a.m.
Seventeen other middle and high schools in the area are on lockdown.
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One person is injured and a suspect has been arrested following a shooting Friday morning at Forest High School in Marion County.
« Right now deputies have responded to a shooting at Forest High School. Suspect is in custody, at this time we have one person injured and the are being treated by medics, » the Marion County Sheriff’s Office posted on its Facebook page. « We are asking the citizens to avoid the area. Parents please stand by for further direction from the school on how to pick up your children. »
