The person suspected of shooting and injuring a student at Cummings K-8 Optional School in South Memphis is in custody and Memphis Police Department (MPD) identified the shooter as another student.
The shooting was reported by police Thursday morning. The male victim was transported to Le Bonheur Children’s Hospital and was said to be in critical but stable condition by police.
The shooter was identified as a male Cummings student, MPD said at a news conference Thursday morning. The shooter fled after the incident and could not be found in or around the campus after an initial search. The suspect later turned himself in at a local MPD precinct.
However, MPD said it was “way too early” in the investigative process to discern a motive.