US high school on lockdown after reported shooting

Two people taken to hospital; FBI says it is sending personnel to Marysville-Pilchuck High School, north of Seattle

US law enforcement officials outside of Marysville-Pilchuck High School in Marysville, Washington (screen capture: KIRO 7)
US law enforcement officials outside of Marysville-Pilchuck High School in Marysville, Washington (screen capture: KIRO 7)

MARYSVILLE, Washington — A high school north of Seattle was on lockdown Friday followings reports of gunfire. Police were on the scene.

Live video showed students being evacuated from Marysville-Pilchuck High School in Marysville, near Everett.

Local television stations said two people were being airlifted to a hospital.

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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