Police officers prepare to escort students to be reunited with their families at Arlington Bowie High School after the school was placed on a lockdown (Picture: AP)
One person has been injured in a Texas high school shooting and a suspect has been caught.
The shooting broke out at Arlington Bowie High School on Wednesday afternoon.
Around 5.30pm, police said that an individual was in custody.
Cops gave CPR to a person on the ground outside the school, showed a video obtained by NBC 5.
Onlookers wait outside Arlington Bowie High School after the school was placed on a lockdown due to a suspected shooting outside the school building (Picture: AP)
The victim was transported to a hospital in an unknown condition. The victim’s identity and age were not immediately released.
It was not clear if the suspect was a student.
The campus was placed on lockdown as reports of the shooting spread. Shortly after 3pm, Arlington Independent School District stated that the building was safe and that students would be dismissed on time.
A reunification spot at 1001 E Division Street was set up for students and their parents an hour later.
One victim was injured and transported to a hospital (Picture: AP)
‘It just feels like more of a dangerous place, I feel a bit more scared now,’ a senior at the high school, Arely Cortes, told FOX 4.
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