Police were investigating a shooting at a northeast Las Vegas middle school on Monday afternoon.
One person was shot around 12:30 p.m. outside Ed Von Tobel Middle School, at 2436 N. Pecos Road, near East Carey Avenue, according to a statement from the Metropolitan Police Department.
The person was taken to University Medical Center, but their condition was not disclosed.
Police said the shooter had not been arrested as of 1:30 p.m., and the middle school was on a hard lockdown for about a hour.
Police found no other injuries or danger at the school, and all students were safe, Metro wrote in a statement on Twitter.
The Clark County School District Police Department “is coordinating a controlled release of students,” Metro said.
In a statement to parents Monday, school principal Leonardo Amador confirmed the school was on a lockdown after an adult was shot outside the school, but no students were injured.
“All students are safe in their classrooms,” the principal wrote.
A hard lockdown requires a school to lock all of its doors and that students hide until they are released.
Julio Moreno was amid dozens standing outside the school Monday afternoon waiting for his eighth grade daughter to be safely released.
“We’ve seen the worst scenarios at other schools in the US,” Moreno said. “We’re not going to just stand out here.”
Students were expected to begin a controlled released at their normal time, but there may be a delay for students who ride the bus, the school district wrote in a statement.
The Clark County Education Association, the union representing school district teachers, wrote in a statement that they were urging the passage of legislation they hoped would help curb violence in schools.
“We are deeply saddened by this news, but, unfortunately, we are not surprised,” the statement read. “The lack of safety in our schools is nothing short of a crisis, and with hundreds of deadly weapons confiscated already on CCSD campuses this school year, CCEA has been loud and clear that we believe this situation was a school shooting waiting to happen.”
This is a developing story. Check back for updates.
Contact Sabrina Schnur at sschnur@reviewjournal.com or 702-383-0278. Follow @sabrina_schnur on Twitter. Review-Journal staff writer Brett Clarkson contributed to this report.