Nova and Garfield High Schools were placed into “shelter-in-place” status following a bout of gunfire reported blocks north of the schools just before 1:30 PM.

According to East Precinct radio updates, multiple 911 callers reported around 10 shots fired in the area around 1:27 PM.

Nearby Nova and Garfield activated campus security procedures while the Seattle Police Department investigated the situation. Both campuses were released from the secure status as police cleared the area and found no active incident.

Multiple shell casings were collected near 25th and Columbia but officers found nobody injured and no property damage at the shooting scene.

SPD’s gang unit was being called to aid in the investigation.

The incident follows another shelter-in-place alert earlier this month as police recovered an airgun while investigating an assault and reports of an armed group of teens near the schools.

The school year at Garfield began with new efforts around gun concerns at the 23rd Ave campus and across the city as 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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