OGDEN – A 16-year-old has died after a shooting near Ben Lomond High School in Ogden on Tuesday afternoon, police said.

The incident, which began just before 3:00 p.m., prompted a heavy police response at the campus, and multiple schools were placed on "secure protocol," Ogden School District officials said.

The teen suffered an apparent gunshot wound near 7th Street and Monroe Boulevard and "went to the Ben Lomond High School campus seeking help at approximately 2:50 p.m.," according to a statement from the school district.

Later, during a press conference with reporters, Ogden Police Capt. Tim Scott announced that the teen was transported to a hospital but later died.

District officials said the shooting happened after students at the high school, 1080 Ninth Street, had been released

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