they have the school on a lockdown. >> you are hearing two people got shot? but that is what they told me. >> the shooter is in custody. what was it like for you this morning? >> alright. unfortunately, we have lost lowell. we are looking above with captain roy. we are following this breaking news. a school shooting perry hall. >> at the crime lab has arrived at the scene along with all sorts of other police entourage. they are trying to figure this out. most of the students have walked from the high school up ebenezer road toward perry hall shopping center where there is a large congregation of kids there on ebenezer. pc -- we see some of the road is

about to get back into service. one student shot with a shotgun, transported to shock and trauma by maryland state police. the students were marched out of perry hall senior high school up to perry hall shopping center. i will widen out and show you. it is a huge group. they have moved into the middle of ebenezer road. you will be able to see it as she starts to push in. i have not seen any school buses as of yet to pick the kids up. parents are on their way there to reunite with their kids. everything has pretty much

calmed down. everything is orderly. kinetics, emergency fire trucks are getting back into service. -- medics, emergency fire trucks are getting back into service. they will do the interviews that they need to do. we will not have official word until the police are able to finish all their investigation. do you guys have anything you want to try to figure out from us? >> roy, what is the preliminary from there? there are a lot of police cars there. how are they making sure everything is contained and the students are safe, getting to where they need to go? >> pretty much ebenezer road is shut down. it is locked down to what -- locked down tight. just about a block east of the high school. then if you go several blocks to

perry hall shopping center. they shut down ebenezer and belair road. that gives you an idea as far as the kids been able to walk up to the shopping center. silver spring rd., in the back of the school area -- they have officers on the front and the sides so no one can get in. or possibly tampered with any of the crime scene at. there will be a lot of process that needs to be done. so, the school is pretty much obviously lockdown. the cafeteria and the rest of the school is a crime scene until investigators are able to sort everything out that the need to sort out. the roads are shut down in both directions. some of the side streets as well. >> the suspect --

got a source for this. >> all rights. -- all right. are you hearing more information? >> i am getting more information from my colleague. we are confirming one victim is involved. he was flown by medevac to shock trauma. the victim is a student. and is in custody. is an isolated incident according to police. and according to police, he is -- the shooter is being described as "of troubled young man." we will give you more information as we get it. >> we have more coverage from the ground right outside perry hall high school. he is not with us at the moment,

but we will get back to him as soon as we can. this is a live look outside perry hall high school. one student has been shot and taken to shock trauma. you can see the large group of students there. they are all congregating at the intersection of ebenezer road and belair road. everybody is safe. they are trying to figure out what the next step is, but they are being directed to stay there until parents arrive or they can get more information. you can see a long line of school buses. this is the first day of school at perry hall high school. a lot of the motion around the fact that it would be happening today, the first day -- a lot of

emotion around the fact that it would be happening today, the first day. water you learning? >> alright. while we're hearing at this point is everything has to be confirmed by david collins. i am trying to get my bearings here. we continue to see a flow of parents getting their students. excuse me, folks. to you mind if we talk to you for a second? do you know anyone at the school? >> and our daughter. >> what do you know? what they are taking them down to the shopping center one by one. >> are you having a hard time getting in touch with your daughter? >> we are still trying to contact your. >> school standout word? >> we heard about it on the news. >> really? you heard it from us. what is it like with the parents? " there is confusion.

they do not know what is going on, trying to locate their kids. >> good luck. good luck. that seems to be the story out your. there seems to be a lot of frustration among parents better trying to get to the school. you heard from this gentleman. he heard about it from august and he comes down here and he is not able to find out what is going on. that is not the first parent to say this. they cannot get their child on the cellular phone. it seems like all parents need to go to that shopping center that is near here to pick up their students. certainly a chaotic scene unfolding here. >> every parent we have heard from has been distressed, and understandably so, trying to figure out where their child as. once again, we want to let

another has been one student shot. he was taken to shock trauma. the suspect is in custody. they are no longer worrying about the fact there might be a suspect on the loose. we have confirmed there is a suspect in custody. this happened around 10:30. we are looking at more details into this shooting. that is what i think is the big question. how did that happen? lowell? >> and you know, we have to be cautious about what students are saying. we heard from one student, and i believe him because he seemed really distraught, he was sitting in the cafeteria. he said students were "blwoing things at him," so you can take that as some kind of bullying. he leaves the cafeteria.

he comes back with the shotgun and opens fire. a very troubling situation in the cafeteria. he did say there was a deputy in the cafeteria of the time, but obviously there's not much the deputy could do at that point. again, a very disturbing situation unfolded in the cafeteria. luckily, all the students who were there were able to get out unharmed. as the student described it, it was a chaotic scene. >> and i think we want to reiterate for parents who are watching and wondering if their child is safe, again, there was one victim, airlifted to shock trauma. the students were immediately taken out of the school and are at the corner of ebenezer and belair road. they are safe. but they are waiting parents transport or word from the

school about the next step. the school is on lockdown. the students are taken out of there and they are safe. they are waiting to see what the next step is going to be. it is an emotional situation for parents trying to reconnect with their kids. this is a very busy area. residential, and there is a shopping center. again, it is perry hall high school where this occurred at 10:30 this morning. is a pretty good-size high- school. 2200 students. we have been following this. you can see we are above it. we are going to go to lowell melser on the ground. back to you. >> ok, i have with me senator jennings and councilman david marx, the councilman for this area. can you tell us what

you are hearing? >> i can confirm it involves two individuals. 1 who shot another individual. the police are taking steps to cordon off the school. the students will be taken to perry hall middle school where they will be bused to other points. >> you have a child at the school or you do not? >> i do not. i live on the street though. >> alright. unfortunately, we lost lowell melser. we will try to get back to him momentarily. ok, we are going to go to break. we will be back with more breaking news from perry hall

>> we want to welcome you back to 11 news. we're covering breaking news. as we have been telling you, there has been a shooting at perry hall high school. one student has been shot and taken to shock trauma. the suspect is in custody. we have reporters on the ground, in the air, and in our newsroom

following this breaking story. lowell melser joins us live from perry hall high school. >> as we have been reporting all afternoon, a steady flow of parents, some with their students, some without. uc way out in the distance, there are a number of students walking in this wooded area from this lower parking lot, where there seems to be emergency activity going on as well. the good news, if we can report any from the story at this point, is the situation is under control. we have heard that from police and elected officials. everything is under control. parents may have concerns about picking up their children, the situation here is secure. it is a matter of finally meeting up with your particular student, either outside of the school or in the parking lot we have been talking about earlier,

the shopping center that is very near here. i am hearing from officials that the cat executives and police officers are scheduling some kind of -- county executives and police officers are scheduling some kind of news conference in 30 minutes to 45 minutes. we will try to get more information about when that might happen and what we might learn at that point. at the intersection of ebenezer road and kilkenny circle. some parents have their students. some do not. the situation is under control. and it is just a matter of getting these students reunited with their parents. >> alright, we are seeing students, perhaps teachers coming out of the school as we speak. are you aware of anyone still

inside the school? >> i understand they are trying to evacuate the school in an orderly fashion. i think we are seeing at a steady stream of people walking basically to my left through this wooded area and on ebenezer, down to the parking lot where we are standing. that is another part of this process of evacuation. >> we want to reiterate for parents who are watching, all of the students who were not involved in the shooting -- again, there was one student taken to shock trauma was shot and has been flown to shop trauma, and there is a suspect in custody -- just to let you know the students have been taken across the street to ebenezer road and belair road,

right where the parking lot is. everyone is safe, everyone who was not involved in this shooting. right now, we have danielle who lives right nearby. she joins us live by phone with more information. daniel, what did you see or hear? >> i live right across from the high school. i saw 20 cop cars flyby, not including fire trucks come up ambulances, -- fire trucks, ambulances, additional vehicles fly by the house. 10 minutes later, the court filled up with at least 100 parents, all frightened and scared. >> as a parent, i know i would be out of my mind right now. >> absolutely. >> it is good to know the students who were not involved are safe at the corner of ebenezer road and belair road. are you a parent, many -- are

you a parent, daniel? >> yes. it really hits home. >> please feel free to call back if you learn anything more. we will continue to monitor this breaking story. one student shot at perry hall high school. the student was airlifted to shock trauma. the shooter has been taken into custody. there is no longer a threat at the school. what they're trying to do now is evacuate the students in an orderly fashion. tim, are you learning anything more? >> we understand from sources that this was apparently the work of a lone student. we are told that this was a troubled students who entered the cafeteria, certainly someone observed in the cafeteria. at that time, there was someone

who was able to maybe bring him down. and one shot was fired and maybe another shot was fired in the process. they labeled this a troubled student. perry hall high school, by the way, as baltimore county's largest high-school. we understand that parents are being told to go to the perry hall shopping center, just down the road from the main campus. officials from the police department, the superintendent's office, the county executive's office are trying to pull together a press conference to tell us more about this perry hall shooting. again, perry hall high school, located just off avenues are road. >> i think we are still unclear, tim, trying to ascertain -- are

there students being bused to perry hall middle school and if so, how are they going to be reconnected with their parents? >> they are pretty much connected. perry hall middle school is across the street from the perry hall shopping center. it is not unusual to have students evaluated from the school and brought to the shopping center. it is a large parking area and can probably handle a lot of students. it is my understanding it is down the street. it is the closest location to the high school itself. the shopping center is also at ebenezer. i think anyone who gets to that location, that is the location where most of the schools are in that area. >> this is lisa robinson in the news from. each school is supposed to have some kind of emergency response management plan in place.

that calls for some sort of plan to get the kids were they need to go. what can you tell us about the procedures? >> i do not know about the plan for the school. i am sure you remember after columbine, some of the other national shootings that there are pieces in place. i can tell you that moving the kids to perry hall was part of the plan. it is an area that is large and has access, and is in the same area as the middle school. i would dare to say each of the schools as some kind of plan that would involve getting students from the location of the incident to a location that is near their. in -- near there. i am sure these are the kinds of

plants you would get in first day book? . -- first day bookbags. >> parents have to be told where to pick up their children. they cannot just show what. and there are some procedures. they have to prove they are the parent, have it. >> absolutely. you have to sign a card in the event of an incident, who can we get a hold of? is there someone who has the authority to pick up your job? so come -- pick-up your child? so, those forms are usually filed out on the first day of school. they have to be turned back into the administration. >> so, there will be a lot of

figuring out where to go and what to do to make sure the parents and the people picking the students up our -- are picking up the students they are responsible for? >> lisa, these things are usually spelled out the first week of school. it is a 2-mile area. this perry hall shopping center would be a likely staging area parents would know about. >> our kids are arriving at school and passing through any metal detectors or any procedures to make sure they do not have weapons on them? >> what is evident at perry hall and at other schools, you have a card, it is a sort of i.d. card. once you enter the building, you

have to slide that card. it indicates to you are. and then you are in the system. it shows that you are at campus. you are on campus. i am not sure if that system could in any way detect if you were carrying a weapon. again, this is the largest tires cool in the county. about 2200 students. >> one more thing, tim, before you go -- the first day of school for parents and kids. the first big deal, crisis. have you seen him around? he has a challenge in the first day of school dealing with this crisis. >> it is my understanding that is working with the

police chief and they are going to try to sort out information for parents. they are working together. at every baltimore county high school and middle school, there are at least one police officer at that particular school. case, there is an officer stationed at the school. you'll find that at schools throughout the county. >> alright. very insightful. thank you very much. we are going to go back to the studio. >> all rights. thank you, lisa and tim. as information becomes available, we will pass on details. there will be a press conference shortly. we are going to go to sky team

11. capt. roy, what can you tell us? >> we have counted 24 buses that have arrived at the perry hall shopping center area. it looks like they are trying to make some means of carrying the children from perry hall senior high school, as far as finding out what bus belongs to what student, so they can get on that bus and go home. we also notice that the school itself, one by one, students are exiting the classroom and working their way up towards the shopping center. police still have a large presence at the high school. an enormous amount of children working their way up ebenezer road toward the shopping center. people are trying to transfer in the area. people have this road block of so they cannot get into the

neighborhoods of perry hall senior high school. police have ebenezer road at belair road block of. they have a block of about a block east of the high-school a ebenezer road. it is shut down some nobody can get in and they are trying to get people out. so, ongoing, buses are coming in, trying to work out an arrangement to get the students on the bus. everything we can see is very, very orderly. as far as knowing what to do, maybe they got it in that respect, but as far as the students, extremely orderly. there has been no jumping around, acting up were goofing off per se.

it looks like all the students are taking this extremely seriously, just from the demeanor we are able to see from the aircraft. we will try to monitor this. we will have more from sky team 11. i am capt. roy taylor. >> we will get back to you once you have more to tell us. of course, we have lowell melser on the scene at perry hall high school. just to recap, a shooting at 10:30. a student was shot. best it has been flown to shock trauma. the -- that student has been fun to shop trauma. -- shock trauma. the shooter is in custody. they are evacuating students to ebenezer road and belair road. ebenezer road and belair road.