By Associated Press - Tuesday, May 9, 2017

DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) - Police are investigating a shooting near a Des Moines elementary school that left one person in the hospital.

Des Moines television station KCCI reports (https://bit.ly/2psTwuj ) that shots were fired Tuesday afternoon near Monroe Elementary School, sending the school into lockdown. Police say person with a gunshot wound to the head was dropped off at a hospital shortly after the shooting.

Police have not released the name of the man shot.

No arrests have been reported.

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Information from: KCCI-TV, https://www.kcci.com

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