[Update: 1 PM, October 8, 2010] According to a Carlsbad Police officer speaking to parents on a basketball court in Laguna Rivera Park an “armed suspect on campus has been taken into custody” at Kelly Elementary School in Carlsbad.
The students are currently on lockdown until the school is cleared. Both Park and Kelly are closed on both sides of the school.
There are reports of people having heard shots fired earlier at the scene.
According to parents two children were shot in the arms and had minor injuries. They have been life-flighted to Rady Childrens’ Hospital. The parents of the injured students have been contacted.
Local big wave surfer Scott Chandler is being credited with helping two other men take the shooter down.
1:51 PM Parents are lined up, by grade, awaiting the release of their children. Parents are mostly relieved but anxious.
Police officers with dogs and automatic weapons continue to patrol the school.
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