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UPDATE: 2:00PM EST

The gunman who opened fire during the first day of classes at Perry Hall High School in Baltimore, shot at students randomly and did not seek to shoot one person in particular.

According to the Associated Press:

Authorities say a student who was shot and critically wounded on the first day of classes at a Baltimore County high school was shot at random.

Baltimore County Police Chief James Johnson said at a news conference Monday afternoon that officers believed that the shooter, who was also a

student at Perry Hall High School, fired at random and struck the 17-year-old victim.

Johnson says the shooter took out a weapon he had hidden when teachers and a school resource officer immediately rushed him. Johnson said a second shot was fired. The shooter was quickly subdued.

A hospital spokeswoman says the teen who was shot is in critical condition.

The gun was recovered at the scene of the shooting and police say the shooter acted alone.

SOURCE: AP

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A 17-year-old student at Baltimore’s Perry Hall High School was shot on the first day of classes and taken to an area hospital, while the shooter has been apprehended by police.

As reported by the Baltimore Sun:

According to Baltimore County police, the student whose name has not been released was transported via helicopter to an area hospital, authorities said. Details were not available on the student’s condition.

Students are being escorted to the Perry Hall Shopping Center at the corner of Ebenezer Road and Belair Road, where parents can meet them, police said. 

Police say a student has been shot and one suspect is in custody.  A young man without a shirt was seen being escorted to a police cruiser in handcuffs. 

Parents are telling Eyewitness News there may have been a threat on Facebook referencing the school, but there are no confirmed reports of that.

The name of the student has not been released.

Police have indicated they are not searching for more suspects and that there is no longer an active shooter on the high school’s campus.

Students were evacuated to a nearby shopping center. The school is the largest in the county with more than 2,000 students. 

SOURCE: Baltimore Sun, CBS News

Photo credit: CBS News