Students Return to Class after School Shooting

SO FAR, NO ARRESTS HAVE BEEN MADE. ==== IT'S BACK TO CLASS THIS MORNING... FOR STUDENTS AT FERN CREEK HIGH SCHOOL. MEANTIME... A STUDENT IS FACING CHARGES AFTER POLICE SAY HE OPENED FIRE ON ANOTHER STUDENT... SENDING HIM TO THE HOSPITAL. W-L-K-Y'S ANNA-LYSA GAYLE IS LIVE AT THE SCHOOL WHERE THINGS ARE GETTING BACK TO NORMAL. HEY ANNA-LYSA. MONICA, IN CLOSE TO 2 HOURS, STUDENTS WILL START ARRIVING ON BUSES TO GO BACK INTO THEIR CLASSROOMS. THE PRINCIPAL TWEETED HOURS AGO THAT TODAY FACULTY MEMBERS "WILL TEACH AND LEARN STRONGER THAN EVER". STUDENTS AND PARENTS WERE IN FEAR TUESDAY WHEN POLICE SAY SHOTS WERE FIRED BY A 16-YEAR- OLD HIGH SCHOOL SOPHOMORE AROUND 1 ON THE SECOND FLOOR OF THE SCHOOL. THOSE BULLETS LANDED IN A 15-YEAR-OLD STUDENT'S STOMACH AND LEG--RESULTING IN A LEVEL 5 LOCKDOWN. HUNDREDS OF STUDENTS HAD TO KEEP THEIR HANDS ON THEIR HEADS AS THEY EVACUATED. LMPD CAUGHT UP WITH THEIR SUSPECT AROUND FOUR AT THE PARK AT HURSTBORNE. JCPS SUPERINTENDENT DOCTOR DONNA HARGENS CHECKED ON THE VICTIM TUESDAY EVENING AT UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL. "I've been in contact with every piece of this and knowing what's happening. But this is important our students are important, each one of them is important. So I want to make sure I send my regards to the family and see what is it that we can do for this family." SCHOOL WILL BE IN SESSION STARTING AT 7-40 A-M. THE PRINCIPAL SAYS THERE WILL BE EXTRA COUNSELING AT THE SCHOOL TODAY. AT THIS TIME, THE MOTIVE IS STILL UNDER INVESTIGATION. POLICE TELL US THAT THE SU SPECT AND THE VICTIM DID KNOW EACH OTHER AND THE VICTIM WAS TARGETED, THIS SHOOTING WAS NOT RANDOM. LIVE OUTSIDE OF FERN CREEK HIGH SCHOOL, ANNA-LYSA GAYLE W-L-K-Y NEWS. ==== THIS MORNING, J-C-P-S IS PRAISING THE RESPONSE OF FERN CREEK OFFICIALS AFTER THEY HEARD A WEAPON MIGHT BE ON CAMPUS. THE SCHOOL WENT INTO LOCKDOWN AND STUDENTS WERE TOLD TO TAKE COVER UNTIL THE ALL-CLEAR WAS GIVEN. NEARBY FERN CREEK ELEMENTARY WAS ALSO PLACED ON LOCKDOWN. Ben Jackey/JCPS Spokesperson: This is senseless, unacceptable, cannot happen in our schools will be cooperating with LMPD to find out who this person is, bring them to justice and provide anything this vic may need 40 this is not type of things students should be exposed to will cooperate with LMPD to get to the bottom of this and make sure our students are safe in the future. MAYOR FISCHER ISSUED THIS STATEMENT ABOUT THE SHOOTING, QUOTE: "MY THOUGHTS FIRST ARE WITH THE INJURED STUDENT, WHO I HOPE WILL RECOVER QUICKLY, AND HIS FAMILY. MY THOUGHTS ARE ALSO WITH THE ENTIRE FERN CREEK COMMUNITY WHICH HAS BEEN IMPACTED BY THIS SENSELESS ACT" END QUOTE. ==== HERE'S MORE ON WHAT HAPPENS IN A LEVEL FIVE LOCKDOWN. IT MEANS A LIFE THREATENING SITUATION IS HAPPENING INSIDE OR OUTSIDE A SCHOOL BUILDING. ALL NORMAL OPERATIONS STOP IMMEDIATELY. AND ALL PERSONNEL REMAIN IN THEIR SECURE LOCATION UNTIL THE ALL-CLEAR IS GIVEN. NO ONE MOVES ONCE ALL STUDENTS ARE SECURED UNTIL POLICE ARE IN CONTROL. AND THE LOCKDOWN IS ENDED ONLY WHEN THE POLICE OR SECURITY ADVISES IT'S SAFE.