WILLIAMSBURG, Brooklyn (PIX11) — Two teens and a security guard were shot near a Brooklyn high school on Wednesday afternoon, officials said.
Authorities responded to the incident at Williamsburg Charter High School at 198 Varet Street in Williamsburg at around 2 p.m., according to the NYPD. A 15-year-old girl and a 17-year-old boy were each struck in the thigh, police said. The guard, 37, suffered a graze wound to the neck.
The victims were taken to the hospital in stable condition, police said.
The shooter has not been arrested. Police are searching for a man who was wearing black Adidas pants, a white and gray sweatshirt and a brown puffer jacket.
Students at Williamsburg Charter High School went into lockdown for over an hour after the shooting.
Five teens have been shot near schools in the past three weeks, including a 14-year-old boy and a 16-year-old girl who were struck outside a Queens school last month.
Anyone with information in regard to this incident is asked to call the NYPD’s Crime Stoppers Hotline at 1-800-577-TIPS (8477) or for Spanish, 1-888-57-PISTA (74782). The public can also submit their tips by logging onto the CrimeStoppers website at https://crimestoppers.nypdonline.org/ or on Twitter @NYPDTips.