Seattle Police recovered a bullet from inside E Cherry’s Nova High School and Nova and nearby Garfield were placed in lockdown and students were sheltering in place after another round of afternoon gunfire in the area.

For the second day in a row, police were investigating a shooting near the Garfield High School campus after Wednesday’s incident reportedly involving shots fired from a vehicle left no reported injuries south of the school’s Central District campus.

Thursday, police were called to the area near E Cherry and 25th after gunfire was reported in the area around 1:40 PM. SPD reported a bullet was found inside a Nova classroom. There were no reported injuries. Police found multiple shell casings near 25th and Cherry where a witness reported the shooter was in a blue Honda last seen speeding from the scene.

Nova students were released early. Garfiel’s shelter in place status was lifted shortly after 2 PM

Police reported no immediate arrests.

The shots fired incidents come weeks after Seattle officials led by Mayor Bruce Harrell announced a $14.5 million plan focused on intervention, mental health, and increased use of “school-based safety specialist” private security guards following the deadly lunchtime shooting of teen Amarr Murphy-Paine last June in the Garfield campus parking lot.

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