MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) — A student has been arrested after firing multiple shots at Plymouth Middle School Monday morning.
No injuries were reported, and all students are safe, according to school officials.
According to Plymouth police, officers responded to a report of shots fired at 8:44 a.m.
A letter from Robbinsdale Area Schools officials said the student fired a gun into the ceiling of a hallway multiple times. Several students witnessed the incident, according to the school.
“We know this was a scary and traumatic event for everyone at Plymouth Middle School, and across the district,” interim superintendent Dr. Stephanie Burrage wrote in the letter. “Please know that each district school has a support team that includes school counselors, school psychologists, social workers and others who are available to work with students as they cope with the things they’re feeling and experiencing due to this incident.”
The student was taken into custody and the scene is contained, and police say they are not looking for additional suspects.
School officials said “there will be a visible police presence at Plymouth Middle School for the rest of the day, and the school will remain in lockdown during that time.”
Families who wish to pick up their students are asked to go to the east parking lot of Armstrong High School for reunification.
According to WCCO’s Christiane Cordero, some parents drove to the school after receiving calls or texts from students that a gun was discharged at the school.
Plymouth Middle School is on lockdown. Waiting for official confirmation but parents rushed here in response to their kids texting/calling saying a gun was fired on campus.
Spoke with one mom who was both panicked and relieved. “I’m just glad I heard from my daughter directly.” pic.twitter.com/uMLx9yhAeQ
— Christiane Cordero (@ChristianeWCCO) April 26, 2021
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