Gunfire near Tampa school leaves 2 students injured, police say
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Bullets struck two students of a high school in Tampa, Fla., about a block from campus shortly after classes ended Friday, authorities said.
The female students, ages 17 and 18, were wounded; the 17-year-old was hit in a leg by a ricocheting bullet, and the 18-year-old had one of her feet grazed, Tampa's Fox 13 reported.
Police were investigating the gunfire, which they described as a “drive-by shooting,” the Tampa Bay Times reported.
{{#rendered}} {{/rendered}}The incident came just two days after 17 people were slain at a high school in Parkland, Fla., about 235 miles away.
"A 17-year-old female was hit in the leg from what appears to be a ricochet, resulting in minor injuries," a Tampa police spokesman said in a news release. "Another 18-year-old female advised she may have been grazed in the foot."
It was unclear if the gunfire came from a passing car, he added.
{{#rendered}} {{/rendered}}School had ended for the day about 10 minutes earlier, the newspaper reported. One student said he heard four to five shots. He told the Times he jumped a fence and ran, then later saw a student being put into an ambulance.
The school was put on lockdown for an estimated 40 minutes, the Times reported.