Chatsworth High School briefly placed on lockdown after shooting near campus, LAPD says

CHATSWORTH, LOS ANGELES (KABC) -- Chatsworth High School was briefly placed on lockdown Thursday morning after a shooting occurred near the campus, authorities said.

An unidentified suspect was taken into custody after the incident, which was reported shortly before 9:30 a.m. in the 9900 block of Lurline Avenue, just east of DeSoto Avenue, according to the Los Angeles Police Department.
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No one was struck by gunfire, but two ambulances were requested at the scene, an LAPD spokesperson told ABC7. One person suffered a possible head injury, and another was having trouble breathing.

People on the high school campus were sheltering in place inside classrooms for just over 30 minutes as a precaution while police responded to the incident.
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The lockdown was lifted shortly before 10 a.m.