Several schools in the Chollas View area went into lockdown temporarily on Tuesday afternoon following a shooting near Gompers Prep Academy in which a teenager was injured.

The San Diego Police Department said they received calls about a potential assault with a deadly weapon at about 12:35 p.m. Tuesday.

Chollas Mead Elementary School and Horton Elementary were temporarily closed down, along with Gompers. They have since been reopened.

The suspected shooter then reportedly took off on an electric scooter.

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The 18-year-old who was shot suffered non-life-

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