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Active Shooter Taken Into Custody At Indiana Middle School

Posted at 9:40 AM, May 25, 2018
and last updated 2018-05-25 09:40:52-04

NOBLESVILLE, Ind. (AP) – The Latest on a possible shooting at an Indiana middle school (all times local):
    
10:45 a.m.
    
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 (32 kilometers) 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.
    
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10:15 a.m.
    
Authorities say two victims in a shooting at a suburban Indianapolis middle school are being taken to a hospital and the lone suspect is in custody.
    
Bryant Orem, a spokesman for the Hamilton County Sheriff’s Office, says in a news release that the victims in Friday morning’s attack at Noblesville West Middle School are being taken to Methodist Hospital in Indianapolis and their families have been notified. He says no other information is available about the victims.
    
Orem says the suspect is believed to have acted alone and was taken into custody. No additional information about the suspect was made public.
    
Helicopter footage showed students being led from the school to buses north of Indianapolis. Orem says they were being taken to Noblesville High School’s gym, where their families can pick them up.
    
The attack comes a week after an attack at a high school in Santa Fe, Texas, that killed eight students and two teachers.
    
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This item has been corrected to reflect that the shooting was at a middle school, not a hospital.
    
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9:50 a.m.
    
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.
    
Noblesville is north of Indianapolis.