Shooting near Aurora Central High School leaves six teenagers hospitalized as campus secured

A SHOOTING near a Colorado high school has left six teenagers hospitalized as police rushed to secure the campus. Authorities responded to a shooting at Nome Park – steps away from Aurora Central High School – in Colorado, just before 1pm local time. The Aurora Police Department confirmed six teenagers were hospitalized after the shooting. […]

A SHOOTING near a Colorado high school has left six teenagers hospitalized as police rushed to secure the campus.

Authorities responded to a shooting at Nome Park – steps away from Aurora Central High School – in Colorado, just before 1pm local time.

The Aurora Police Department confirmed six teenagers were hospitalized after the shooting.

According to the police, the victims’ ages range from 14-17.

According to the Denver Channel, the Children’s Hospital Colorado said three patients were in stable condition and have been reunited with their families.

The condition of the other two victims is currently unknown.

Over an hour after the shooting, police said a sixth victim, 18, self-transported themselves to the hospital with minor injuries.

The APD confirmed Central High School was on a secure perimeter and not on lockdown, as previously reported.

Police said they are still searching for a suspect.

Video from the scene showed heavy police presence and emergency vehicles in the parking lot of the school.

A cemetery employee told Fox 31 that he took cover behind stone tombs after hearing “a lot of gunshots” being fired.

“A lot of gunshots, a lot of kids running, vehicles taking off. Rounds started coming into the cemetery, and that’s when we decided to kind of take cover behind some of the stones.”

According to the outlet, the shooting is the latest act of violence at the park, where authorities have responded to three aggravated assaults this year, including a gun-related incident.

Nome Park was the location of a gang-related shooting in 2019, in which a teenager was charged with attempted first-degree murder, per the outlet.

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