A stray bullet from a shooting in the neighborhood surrounding Osborn High School tore through a window at the Detroit school Tuesday morning, triggering a lockdown that sent students filing into the auditorium. No students or staff members were hurt.
The gunfire broke out near Seven Mile Road and Hoover Street, just outside the school grounds, according to audacy.com. As the shots rang out, students were moved into the auditorium as the school went into lockdown. The school district did not believe the school itself was the intended target of the shooting.
As WXYZ reported, the bullet struck a window at the school Tuesday morning, but the building's occupants emerged unscathed. FOX 2 Detroit reported on the lockdown, which rattled a campus that had otherwise been going about an ordinary Tuesday.
Suspects Taken Into Custody
Police arrested suspects connected to the shooting, though their identities and other case details had not been released as of Tuesday, per the same report from audacy.com. Once officers determined the area was secure, the lockdown at Osborn was lifted.
The incident near Osborn was not the only lockdown prompted by gunfire in the region this week. A man was injured in a shooting in Ypsilanti on Monday near Hamilton and Harriet streets, according to ClickOnDetroit. That shooting prompted a brief lockdown at nearby Perry Elementary School while officers canvassed the area for the gunman.
Separate Ypsilanti Shooting Sends Elementary Into Brief Lockdown
The Ypsilanti victim was hospitalized with a gunshot wound, though his injuries were not believed to be life-threatening, ClickOnDetroit reported. Officers lifted the lockdown at Perry Elementary after confirming the area was secure, mirroring the way police cleared the scene outside Osborn High School before students were allowed to return to normal activities.
Neither case has produced further public details about the shooters' identities, motives, or the number of shots fired, and no additional information on potential charges had surfaced as of Tuesday. Families in both Detroit and Ypsilanti were left waiting for updates as investigations into the two shootings continued.
