UPDATE:

UPDATE:

FLINT, MI - Several people are in custody and one person is being sought following a shot being fired Wednesday morning on the grounds of a Flint alternative high school. No injuries were reported.

Officers with the Flint Police Department were called out shortly after 10 a.m. Wednesday, April 17, to Flex High, 4121 Martin Luther King Ave., near Max Brandon Park for a report of shots fired.

Flint Police Deputy Chief Devon Bernritter said there was “an altercation of some sort not related to the school amongst a group and a handgun was produced and a shot was fired.”

He noted the single shot was fired outside the school and it is not an active shooter incident.

More than two people were taken into custody “at or around the school,” Bernritter said. A weapon has not been recovered.

Bernritter did not provide information on the person being sought by police.

The school has been placed on lockdown as law enforcement officials from multiple agencies including Flint, Flint Township, Genesee County Sheriff’s Office, and Michigan State Police comb over the scene.

“I understand the concern by a lot of the parents,” said Bernritter of a crowd gathered outside the building. “All of the students and staff are safe and OK."

Marla Banister was one of the people among the crowd awaiting word on what had taken place.

She’d been at the school earlier in the day for an appointment with her 15-year-old daughter Marlana, a ninth-grader at the school, but left prior to the shot being fired.

“As soon as I got to my destination she texted me and said mom..they’re shooting,” said Banister. "I said are you kidding me? I said they’re probably shooting around the school."

Marlana’s texts continued to pour in, telling her mother she was scared and that she loved her.

“I just fell to pieces. That’s when she called me and we prayed,” said Banister. “We prayed over all the children in the school and even over the students, even over the staff. I even prayed for the shooter that he would change his mind and not hurt anyone.”

In the moment, she expressed a feeling of helpless and anger at the situation.

“Why are they doing this?” said Banister. “I don’t understand why this is happening and I wish that it would stop. There are babies in here as well. It’s not fair.”

Anyone with information about the incident may contact Flint police at 810-237-6800.