Student shot, wounded near California high school

RICHMOND, Calif. (AP) - A San Francisco Bay Area high school was locked down after a shooting nearby left a student seriously wounded.

Richmond Police Capt. Mark Gagan says the shooting occurred Wednesday morning about a half block from John F. Kennedy High School.

School resource officers arrived at the scene to find a 14-year-old boy shot in the leg. The shooting was apparently preceded by a fight involving several young people.

Gagan says the resource officers took the student inside the school. He was later taken by ambulance to a local hospital, where he was listed in serious condition.

The high school and a nearby elementary school were placed on lockdown as a precaution. Gagan says the lockdown was lifted shortly before 10 a.m.