McLane High student arrested after shooting nearby, another boy still wanted

FRESNO, Calif. (KSEE/KGPE) - A McLane High School pupil has been arrested and a 2nd lad could inactive beryllium connected the escaped following a shooting adjacent McLane High School connected Wednesday, according to the Fresno County Sheriff's Office.

Deputies were called to the intersection of Clinton and Cedar avenues astatine astir 3:40 p.m. connected Wednesday pursuing a telephone astir shots fired successful the area. Deputies arrived and recovered nary gunshot victims, but did found that determination was an incidental involving a ample radical of students who attended adjacent McLane High School.

According to investigators, a 16-year-old pupil fired shots during the disturbance. Bullets that were fired struck a parked car and a building. Witnesses identified the gunman arsenic a 16-year-old pupil of McLane High School who was arrested successful a adjacent neighborhood. The incidental is described arsenic a gang-related shooting.

However, deputies accidental determination whitethorn beryllium a 2nd lad who was equipped with a weapon who is inactive connected the loose. The identities of either of those suspected to beryllium progressive person not been officially released.

Police successful Fresno besides announced connected Thursday that they are alert of a menace made to McLane High School connected societal media. Detectives with the Fresno Police Department are investigating those threats.

Anyone with accusation astir the shooting is asked to interaction the Fresno County Sheriff's Office astatine 559-600-3111. Anyone with accusation astir the societal media menace is asked to interaction the Fresno Police Department astatine 559-621-7000.