MEMPHIS, Tenn. — A stray bullet shattered a window at Freedom Preparatory Academy in Westwood as students returned from break Wednesday.
The bullet tore through a classroom window at 9:45 a.m. while students were inside.
No one was hurt but it still left students and educators shaken for the rest of the day.
School administrators said they immediately took precautionary measures and evacuated the students that were in that impacted classroom, as well as the surrounding classrooms, to move them to a safe space within the building.
The school was placed on a soft lockdown as police investigated. Police believe it was a stray bullet.
According to the Memphis Data Hub. Police have responded to 73 calls for service within a quarter mile of the school in the last year.
Police are still investigating who fired the shot that went inside the school.
Anyone with information is asked to contact crimestoppers at 528-CASH.