FORT SCOTT — Fort Scott Middle School was on lockdown briefly late Monday morning because of an incident involving gunfire at a nearby apartment complex.
The Bourbon County Sheriff’s Department said law enforcement received a 911 all of a gunshot near the Highland Apartment complex on Shepherd Street in Fort Scott.
The complex is near FSMS, prompting school officials to put the school on lockdown status. Fort Scott Police and Bourbon County sheriff’s deputies also evacuated the other apartments in the complex.
After pinpointing the unit from which the gun shot came, officers used a PA system to order the occupants to exit.
The male resident living there, Brody Johnson, 22, was arrested for suspicion of aggravated assault and criminal discharge of a firearm. He was taken into custody without incident.
There were no injuries.
