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NEWPORT NEWS, Va. (WAVY) — The Heritage High School shooting suspect is a 15-year-old male who was enrolled at the school, police say.

Police have not identified the teen, but said he was taken to the city’s juvenile services by a family member at 2:23 p.m. after fleeing the school. He was then interviewed at police headquarters before being charged.

He’s been charged with two counts of aggravated malicious wounding and two counts of use of a firearm in the commission of a felony, as well as underage possession of a firearm, possession of a firearm on school property, discharging firearm on school property, discharge firearm in occupied building, reckless handling of a firearm and carrying concealed weapon.

In a press release Tuesday, police didn’t release many other details that weren’t already known. They did say that a school resource officer was assigned to the school and was there on Monday.

The mother of a student who lives nearby and did not want to be identified told us “she does not feel comfortable sending my child back into the school” until administrators can reassure parents that the campus is secure.

The shooting happened around 11:30 a.m. and led to the evacuation of the school. The two 17-year-old victims, a boy and girl, were shot in the side of the head and lower leg, respectively. Both of their injuries were considered non life-threatening and police said the victims knew the shooter. The shootings were not believed to have been random.

Teachers were the only ones arriving at Heritage Tuesday, as classes were cancelled. Shamel Sykes was dropping off his wife, in her first year as a teacher at Heritage. He says she’s slowly recovering from the trauma that she and her students experienced.

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