COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) — A Columbus City School District high school football game to be played in the northeast section of the city has been cancelled.

According to a media alert from CCS, this Friday’s game versus Northland will be cancelled “due to an ongoing concern directly involving the safety of Beechcroft High School football student-athletes.” Beechcroft's season will therefore conclude with its last game having been played in Week 9 on Oct. 17, the district said.

Though the district did not specify what safety concerns it had, the cancellation comes four days after a shooting took place in the Northgate neighborhood, where two juveniles were shot just before 10:30 p.m. Saturday.

No suspects have been identified in the shooting, which took place near the intersection of Beechcro

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