GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. (WOOD) — An elementary school in Grand Rapids is on lockdown after a shooting on the city’s southwest side.
Grand Rapids police say school officials at Buchanan Elementary called after hearing multiple shots fired in the area of Buchanan Avenue and Griggs Street around 12:15 p.m. Wednesday.
Police say a 15-year-old boy was shot in the foot and was taken to a hospital with non-life threatening injuries.
John Helmholdt with Grand Rapids Public Schools told 24 Hour News 8 that a shooting occurred in the neighborhood near Buchanan Elementary, which is located on Buchanan Avenue near Griggs Street.
Helmholdt says the shooting did not involve the school and all staff and students are safe.
However, the school is on lockdown while police investigate.
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