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Police: 3 Conscious After Shooting Outside School; Suspect Arrested Early Saturday

 

Police say a shooter wounded two boys and one girl outside an alternative high school in what may be a gang-related attack in Portland, Oregon.

Sgt. Pete Simpson said Friday that the victims are believed to be students at Rosemary Anderson High School, which serves about 190 at-risk students.
 
He says the shooting happened at a corner outside the school, and the assailant fled. It was reported shortly after noon.
 
Simpson says the students ran back to the school for help, and they were conscious when they were taken to the hospital.
 
He says officers don't know whether the shooter was alone or with others, but he says preliminary information suggests it's gang-related.

UPDATE (NPR) -  Authorities say they stopped a vehicle around 1:30 a.m. Saturday at North Interstate Avenue and Going Street and arrested a 22-year-old man. A handgun was found in the vehicle.

Police were searching an apartment about half an hour later as part of the investigation. The apartment is about five blocks east of the shooting near Rosemary Anderson High School.