A campus police officer shot a student Wednesday during a confrontation witnessed by dozens of other students at a Nevada high school, according to authorities.
(FOX)- Reno police Officer Tim Broadway told reporters that one student was taken to a hospital with unspecified injuries after the shooting at Hug High School. A lockdown was lifted by mid-afternoon and students were released to their parents.
More than 40 students witnessed the incident, Broadway said, including many who shot cellphone video that police want to see before the public.
“There’s multiple videos out there,” said department spokesman Broadway. “There’s some very disturbing video out there. But there are other events that led up to this incident, so please don’t react to those.”
Nevada Department of Public Safety Director James Wright told The Associated Press that a 16-year-old was taken to Renown Hospital Medical Center in Reno after he was shot.
Neither Wright nor Broadway knew the extent of the teen’s injuries, and a hospital spokeswoman said she could not provide information about his condition.