“Active shooter” Taken Into Custody at Indiana Middle School

Two Victims in Indiana Middle School Shooting Headed to Hospital

NOBLESVILLE, Ind. (AP) – Authorities have detained someone in what they described as an “active shooter” situation at a suburban Indianapolis middle school.

The Noblesville Fire Department tweeted Friday morning that it was on an “active shooter” scene at Noblesville West Middle School and that a suspect was in custody.

It didn’t say whether anyone had been shot or provide any other details.

TV helicopter footage shows students being led out of the school and onto buses.

UPDATE: (AP) – An official says an adult and a child were injured in a shooting at an Indiana middle school and were taken to hospitals in Indianapolis.

Indiana University Health spokeswoman Danielle Sirilla said the adult victim in Friday morning’s attack at Noblesville West Middle School northeast of Indianapolis was taken to IU Health Methodist Hospital and the child was taken to Riley Hospital for Children.

She had no information on their ages or the seriousness of their injuries.

Authorities say the suspect is believed to have acted alone and was taken into custody.

No further details were provided about the suspect, victim or possible motive for the attack.

Afterward, students were bused to the Noblesville High School gym, where their families could retrieve them.

Noblesville, which is about 20 miles northeast of Indianapolis, is home to about 50,000 people.

The middle school has about 1,300 students from grades 6-8.

The attack comes a week after an attack at a high school in Santa Fe, Texas, that killed eight students and two teachers.

UPDATE:  (AP) – An eighth-grader says he counted 16 gunshots inside his suburban Indianapolis middle school during a shooting that authorities say left a student and a teacher injured.

Thirteen-year-old Chris Navarro says he was in an auditorium at Noblesville West Middle School when he heard the shots Friday morning about a minute before the bell rang for the change in classes.

He says a lockdown was immediately announced over the school’s speaker. He rushed into a small room with three other people to hide.

Navarro spoke as he was reunited with his parents outside Noblesville High School, where the middle school students were bused after the shooting.

The teacher and student who were wounded in the attack were taken to hospitals in Indianapolis.

The severity of their injuries is unknown.

Authorities say a male student at the school is in custody as the suspected shooter.