13-year-old boy shot at school, student in custody, police say

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9/30/2021- 2:09 p.m.

Tennessee – A 13-year-old boy was shot at his Memphis school Thursday morning and is in the hospital in critical but stable condition, local police said.

Memphis police initially were searching for a male juvenile suspect and later said the boy turned himself in.

No other injuries were reported.Concerned relatives of school children wait at a church that is serving as a staging area after a shooting at Cummings School, Sept. 30, 2021 in Memphis, Tenn.© Police respond to the scene of a shooting, Sept. 30, 2021, in Memphis, Tenn.

Shelby County Schools said the shooting was at Cummings K-8, a kindergarten through eighth grade school.

Officers were clearing the building, police said. The school is on lockdown and parents have been notified, the district said.

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