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Student injured in shooting at Ocala, Florida high school

OCALA, FL —  A student was wounded and a suspect is in custody after a shooting Friday morning at a high school in Ocala, Florida, according to the...
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OCALA, FL —  A student was wounded and a suspect is in custody after a shooting Friday morning at a high school in Ocala, Florida, according to the Marion County Sheriff’s Office.

The student was shot in the ankle, said Kevin Christian, Marion Public Schools spokesman.

Authorities asked residents to avoid the area of Forest High School, which was surrounded by emergency vehicles and buses transporting students away from the scene.

As Forest High students were being bused to First Baptist Church of Ocala to be reunited with their parents, students at some 2,500 schools around the country were walking out of their classrooms as part of the National School Walkout against gun violence.

Forest High was to participate, according to a Thursday post on the school’s Twitter account.

The Ocala shooting comes more than two months since the massacre at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Florida, where 17 students and teachers were killed. Parkland students are participating in the national walkout.

Forest High, which was ranked as one of the best high schools in the nation by U.S. News & World Report, has about 2,100 students.

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