MARYSVILLE, Wash. — Police responded Friday to a high school north of Seattle after it was locked down amid reports of a shooting.
The Marysville School District said in a statement that “Marysville Pilchuck High School is currently in lock down due to an emergency situation. Police and emergency services have responded.”
The district said further information would come from police.
Local television stations said two people were being airlifted to a hospital.
Live video showed students being evacuated from Marysville-Pilchuck High School in Marysville, about 30 miles north of Seattle.
Ayn Dietrich, an FBI spokesperson in Seattle, said the agency had personnel on their way to the scene to help authorities with the investigation.
The latest school shooting in the region happened at Seattle Pacific University, where a gunman killed one student and wounded two others on June 5.
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