1 Teen Charged, Another Person Sought in Middle School Shooting Incident

A teenager has been arrested and another person is being sought by authorities following a shooting incident that occurred Friday afternoon at Johnson Middle School in Bradenton.

A 15-year-old boy was charged with trespassing on school grounds, the Manatee County Sheriff's Office said Friday night. He is not believed to be the shooter, according to a sheriff's office spokesperson, but detectives have also developed another "person of interest" they believe was involved.

Deputies say someone fired a gun in the air sometime around 3:05 p.m. Friday on the campus of Johnson Middle, causing that school and Wakeland Elementary to briefly go on lockdown, the Sarasota Herald-Tribune reports.

Two people seen on school grounds fled the scene, one on bicycle and one on foot, deputies said.

Anyone with information on the incident is asked to call the sheriff's office at 941-747-3011 or Crime Stoppers at 866-634-TIPS.

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