At least three students shot in Oregon high school 'gang-related' shooting 

  • Police were scrambled to Rosemary Anderson High School in Portland, Oregon, at noon on Friday 
  • One student, 17, shot in the back and another in the chest, reports say
  • They believe more than one suspect has fled the premises 

Three students have been hospitalized in a school shooting in Oregon, police have confirmed.

Emergency services were scrambled to Rosemary Anderson High School in Portland, Oregon, at noon on Friday after the attack on the street corner of the campus.

A 17-year-old student was shot in the back and another in the chest, according to Oregon Live

The third victim's condition has not been confirmed.

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Shooting: Police were scrambled to Rosemary Anderson High School in Portland, Oregon, at noon today

Shooting: Police were scrambled to Rosemary Anderson High School in Portland, Oregon, at noon today

All three - two males and one female - are 'conscious and breathing', Fox12 reported. 

More than one suspect is believed to have fled the premises in what local media suggests was a gang-related drive-by shooting. 

The school in north Portland is an alternative high school for dropouts and other at-risk or homeless students.

Parents have been summoned to the school.

A nearby high school and community college were put on lockdown.

Emergency: Three students have been hospitalized after what police believe was a drive-by shooting

Emergency: Three students have been hospitalized after what police believe was a drive-by shooting

Investigation: Officers are now combing the area as two males and a female are treated in hospital

Investigation: Officers are now combing the area as two males and a female are treated in hospital

Fears: Parents whose children attend Rosemary Anderson were called to collect their children at midday

Fears: Parents whose children attend Rosemary Anderson were called to collect their children at midday

It is the second school shooting in Portland this year after a Reynolds High School freshman was shot and killed by a classmate in June.

The attack comes just two days before the two-year anniversary of the Sandy Hook shooting, when gunman Adam Lanza killed 20 children and six adults in Newton, Connecticut.

 

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