Two students were shot and two others were injured by shrapnel when a gunman opened fire at Madison Junior and Senior High School in Madison Township, Ohio, WCPO Cincinnati reports. While medical helicopters were requested for injuries, school officials reported on Facebook that neither of the students had suffered life-threatening injuries and all the students were safe. The students who were shot were 14 and 15 years old.
An unidentified suspect is in custody after being hunted down by a K-9 unit in the woods, police say; he is reportedly a 14-year-old male who used a .380 caliber weapon. Officials aren't yet saying if he was a student at the school.
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