On Thursday, the last day of school, an 18-year-old student was shot to death in a parking lot across the street from a suburban New Orleans high school.
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The Jefferson Parish Sheriff’s Office said a shooting occurred near West Jefferson High School around noon Thursday. The victim was taken to hospital with what were described as non-life-threatening injuries.
A New Orleans-area high school student was shot and killed Thursday on his last day of classes. (Fox News)
“We are working hard to find the shooter in this case,” Sheriff’s spokesman Jason Rivard told reporters at the scene. As of about 3 p.m., the shooter had not been identified, and it was unclear whether the shooter was also a student.
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The school was placed on lockdown immediately after the shooting, the school said in a news release. Once the lockdown was lifted, students were laid off.
