BREAKING NEWS:Ohio high school shooting suspect in custody, four students hurt Shooting outside of Cleveland
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CHARDON, Ohio -- Gunfire at a high school outside Cleveland injured four students Monday morning, officials said, and at least one suspect has been taken into custody.
FBI agent Scott Wilson said after Monday morning's shooting that there was one suspected shooter. He wouldn't discuss the extent of the students' injuries.
Civil deputy Erin Knife with the Geauga County Sheriff's Office said the shooting was reported around 7:30 a.m. at Chardon High School.
Television news footage showed anxious parents escorting children away from a school building and multiple ambulances could be seen outside.
A local official tells the Cleveland Plain Dealer that at least four students - three boys and one girl - were shot in the school’s cafeteria and described the suspect as a boy.
A parent who said her son witnessed the shooting told the Plain Dealer the alleged gunman "stood up and started shooting, and then it was chaos."
Superintendent Joseph Bergant II tells television station WKYC that the alleged culprit is in custody. He says he doesn't know the extent of the students' injuries.
A spokeswoman for Cleveland's MetroHealth System said Monday a medical helicopter was dispatched to the high school.
Schools in the area were locked down.
Chardon is a city of about 5,100 in northeast Ohio about 30 miles east of Cleveland.
About 1,100 students attend the high school.
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