Police confirmed one particular person was shot at Pennsylvania's Erie Excessive College Tuesday, prompting the college to enter lockdown.

In a Twitter submit, Pennsylvania State Troopers Cindy Schick, Michelle McGee and Andrew Hacke stated the shooter at Erie Excessive College has fled the scene.

The town of Erie earlier introduced that the person who was shot is in "good situation and has been transported to the hospital."

Moreover, the town stated by way of Fb that each one the scholars at Erie Excessive College are secure. It's not but clear whether or not the one who was shot was a pupil on the college.

Erie's Public Colleges earlier said on Fb that the constructing was "on exhausting lockdown with a police presence on campus," warning individuals to steer clear of the college till additional discover.

Erie's Public Colleges had additionally stated college students shall be despatched dwelling. In response to the Erie Occasions-Information, mother and father started arriving to select up their youngsters, with about 150 mother and father and college students outdoors the college's entrance simply after 10 a.m. The report stated the scenario "appeared calm."

In an announcement posted on Fb, Erie Mayor Joe Schember referred to as the Erie Excessive College taking pictures "saddening."

"My ideas and prayers are with the scholars, lecturers, directors, and all of the Police Officers who've secured the constructing," he wrote. "What all of them want proper now could be our love and help."

The Erie Police Division didn't instantly reply to Newsweek's request for remark.

Shooting at Erie High School
Above, a inventory picture exhibits police vehicles with their lights on. A person at Erie Excessive College in Pennsylvania has been shot Tuesday.Inventory Picture/Getty Photographs

The information of this newest taking pictures comes throughout a faculty yr with particularly excessive charges of violence in the US. Newsweek beforehand reported that an evaluation from Everytown for Gun Security discovered 136 cases of gun violence on college grounds simply within the first half of the 2021-2022 college yr, almost 4 instances increased than the earlier common. In the meantime, knowledge from Training Week confirmed there have been 21 college shootings because the starting of this yr.

4 years after the Marjory Stoneman Douglas Excessive College tragedy in Parkland, Florida, which was one of many deadliest college shootings in historical past, some measures have been taken in faculties to stop gun violence. They embody hiring extra psychological well being professionals, implementing know-how like metallic detectors, and requiring clear backpacks so college students can not conceal weapons in them.

Nevertheless, gun management teams like March for Our Lives say the continued excessive charges of violence present these measures usually are not sufficient, urging President Joe Biden to implement extra change.

"Below this president, who dedicated to ending gun violence in his marketing campaign, gun violence stays sky-high," March for Our Lives stated in an announcement. "We're compelled to talk out and demand that the president maintain his guarantees to combat the gun violence epidemic."

Replace 04/05/22, 11:49 a.m. ET: This story has been up to date with extra data and background.