Police: 2 Teens Shot Near Detroit's Mumford High

DETROIT - An argument that started at a Detroit high school on the first day of class led to two students being shot nearby and a hunt for other students who might have been involved, police said Tuesday.

The shootings happened about 3:30 p.m. about a block from Mumford High School, just after classes ended for the day, police said. Detroit police spokeswoman Sgt. Eren Stephens said a 16-year-old boy was shot in the buttocks and a 14-year-old girl was grazed in the eyebrow.

Police didn't release the names of the students, who were taken to a nearby hospital.

As police searched for a suspect, they encountered an armed man at an apartment building and fatally shot him when he refused to lower the weapon. He was not believed to be linked to the earlier shootings.  Watch the video report for more details on this aspect of the story.

Stephens said the shootings outside the school stemmed from an argument between the boy and another student police believe was the shooter. Another student also may have been involved, she said.

The district's state-appointed leader, Robert Bobb, told reporters at the scene that the good news is the injuries didn't appear to be serious.

"The bad news is the shooting happened at all," Bobb said.

A string of shootings and the perception of crime has caused some parents to flee the roughly 78,000-student district for charter, suburban or private schools.

School board President Anthony Adams told the Detroit Free Press the district would have to "beef up security" and call back some employees to cover areas outside the buildings.

"Hopefully this is not the way the rest of the school year is going to go," Adams said.

A student was fatally shot and three others were wounded not far from Henry Ford High School in October 2008. The victims' parents filed a lawsuit this year against the district, claiming Henry Ford officials failed to prevent the attack, which followed a fight inside the building earlier that day.

In February 2009, a former Central High School student was shot on the second floor of the school near the end of the school day. A few months later, seven teenagers -- including five students at Cody Ninth Grade Academy -- were shot and wounded while waiting at a bus stop near that school.

Police have two people of interest in custody.