SEATTLE, Wash. — The Seattle Police Department is investigating after a bullet flew through a second-story window at Nova High School Thursday afternoon.
Officers say it happened just after 1:30 p.m.
No one was hurt and police are unsure whether the school was the intended target, but police did say that there were cars in the area that left the scene at the time.
There was no word if it was a classroom window or if anyone was inside at the time.
Nova High School and Garfield High School, which is nearby, were placed into lockdown for about an hour.
Those lockdowns have both since been lifted.
Police say more than a dozen shell casings were found on 25th Avenue.
“Some kids were banging on the door kind of frantically,” said instructional assistant Maurice Taylor. “We let them in and they said somebody was shooting and then it went through one of the windows.”
This is far from the only instance of violence in the area around Nova and Garfield High Schools.
In June, a student was gunned down and killed in the parking lot at Garfield High School. In March, a Garfield student was shot in the leg while waiting at the bus stop.
In 2023, a 19-year-old was shot at the Garfield Community Center, which is also in Garfield High School’s parking lot.
These shootings have prompted several community meetings in which students, parents, and staff have voiced concerns.
Taylor said this is the closest he’s felt he and his students have come to the violence.
“Only message is we want everybody to be safe,” he said.