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SCHOOL SHOOTING THIS MORNING IN MEMPHIS, ONE CHILD CRITICAL

A Memphis elementary school is on lockdown after gunfire erupted Thursday morning.

Officials with Le Bonheur Children’s Hospital say the child shooting victim was rushed to their hospital for treatment following a shooting at Cummings Elementary School.

Memphis police are on the scene and report the victim is in critical condition. No other injuries have been reported.

Officers are loading the children onto buses now. Investigators say parents can pick up their children from Metropolitan Church near Lemoyne-Owen College.

Police say they are working to locate the male juvenile suspect.