Overview
- A shooting outside Burke High School occurred Wednesday morning around 7:30 a.m. in the parking lot by the baseball fields, leaving one student with a gunshot wound to the arm.
- A Douglas County deputy who serves as the school resource officer provided first aid to the injured student and officers recovered a firearm at the scene.
- Police say the incident began as an altercation between two students, a suspect was identified from a witness photo and taken into custody inside the school, and both involved students are under 18.
- School officials secured the campus as a precaution and later lifted the secure status after police said there was no ongoing threat; investigators have directed witnesses to report to officers on Burke Boulevard.
- The investigation is ongoing and officials are seeking witness statements to establish motive and sequence of events while the community and school review safety procedures.