Police in Albemarle responded to the shooting at Albemarle High School and told WSOC-TV and Police Chief William Halliburton said the suspected shooter has been identified as student Jalen Russell. Halliburton said the gunman immediately dropped the gun and surrendered.
The the shooting victim's condition was not immediately available and the school has been placed on lockdown.
Halliburton said two people were engaged in some type of argument or altercation that led to the incident.
The police chief told a newspaper reported with the Stanly News and Press told that at 7:40 a.m., police were called to the courtyard at the school.
When they arrived they found a male student with a gunshot wound to the leg and put the school on lockdown.
Officers put a search team together to find the gunman. They found the gunman, which was a male student, and took him into custody.
They met with administrators and started to evacuate students from the school.
