A student was taken into custody Monday morning after he opened fire at a North Carolina high school, striking one of his classmates, police said.
Police responded to a report of a shooting at Butler High School around 7:30 a.m., prompting a lockdown. A student, who was not identified, was shot and taken to the hospital with unknown injuries.
Officers recovered the weapon used in the incident, officials said. The suspected shooter was not identified.
“This is believed to be an isolated incident and the scene has now been secured by police,” Matthews police said in a statement on Facebook.
It’s unclear what led to the shooting.
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