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There was an active shooter situation at a Noblesville, Indiana school. A dispatcher with Hamilton County said there was an active shooter situation at Noblesville West Middle School this morning. According to the Carmel Fire Department, the shooter has been detained and is in police custody.
Two people are reportedly in critical condition. One of the victims is reportedly a teenage girl and the other victim is an adult. The school is reportedly on lockdown with police and SWAT on the scene sweeping the building. The students are being evacuated to Noblesville High School, where they can be picked up.
The active shooting at Noblesville West Middle School is just the latest in a string of lockdowns, bomb threats, and shootings that have plagued the United States. Over the course of the past few years, shootings such as these have been a scourge upon the country and people have struggled with coming up with a solution. Lockdowns have become all too common as a means of protection when students and faculty are in danger and today is no different.
This incident follows similar incidents at Dodd Middle School in Connecticut, Windham Public Schools also in Connecticut, Pacoima Middle School in Los Angeles, Millennium Middle School in Florida, and US Grant High School in Oklahoma, which are just some of the places where events such as this have occurred.