Williamsport, Pa. — An eighth-grade girl shot a female classmate during lunch at a Roman Catholic school Wednesday before being subdued by a school administrator, according to police and an official with the diocese.
The victim, also in eighth grade, was shot once in the upper body, but her injuries were not considered life threatening, said Maria Orzel, a spokeswoman for the diocese of Scranton. After the shooting, students remained at Bishop Neumann Junior-Senior High School, where police were interviewing witnesses, she said.
The shooting suspect was in police custody, authorities said.
No other information was immediately released.
The wounded girl was being evaluated at Williamsport Hospital, spokeswoman Linda Campbell said.
The school has about 230 students in grades 7 through 12. Williamsport, home to the Little League World Series, is in central Pennsylvania, about 160 miles northwest of Philadelphia.
The violence came two days after two people were killed and 13 wounded in a high school shooting in Santee, Calif. A ninth grader has been arrested.
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