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NONETHELESS, IT LAUNCHED A MASSIVE MANHUNT. AUTHORITIES RESPONDED TO ALGONQUIN TERRACE IN FORCE THIS MORNING, AFTER CALLERS INDICATED THERE WAS AN ACTIVE SHOOTER. >> WHEN THAT TYPE OF CALL COMES IN, IT IS WHOEVER CAN GET THERE SOON. REPORTER: THE POLICE CHIEF SAYS SHOTS WERE FIRED IN THE PARKING LOT, BUT NO ONE WAS HIT OR INJURED. >> IT APPEARS THERE ARE TWO GROUPS OF INDIVIDUALS AND WE DON’T HAVE ANY IDEA WHAT THE MOTIVE IS. REPORTER: SOME OF THOSE PEOPLE THEN FLED TOWARDS THE MARC DRIVE CONDOS AND TWO OF THEM RAN INSIDE. APARTMENTS WERE EVACUATED, BUT THOSE TWO INDIVIDUALS EVENTUALLY CAME OUT. ONE WAS TAKEN INTO CUSTODY, BUT WAS RELEASED AROUND 3:00. >> IT BECAME APPARENT THAT THE PERSON IN CUSTODY WAS AT THE SHOOTING, BUT ACTUALLY NOT INVOLVED IN FIRING A WEAPON. REPORTER: ANOTHER INDIVIDUAL WAS SEEN LEAVING THE WALGREENS NEARBY AND AUTHORITIES FOUND A GUN AND CLOTHING INSIDE. THEY ALSO TOOK THIS VEHICLE INTO EVIDENCE. >> THIS WAS A COMPLEX SITUATION BECAUSE IT WAS SEVERAL DIFFERENT LOCATIONS. REPORTER: POLICE BELIEVE SIX TO EIGHT PEOPLE WERE INVOLVED, BUT THEY ARE ACTIVELY LOOKING FOR ONLY TWO PEOPLE. >> WE JUST THINK IT’S CRITICAL YOU COME FORWARD WITH THE INFORMATION. REPORTER: NO ONE IS IN CUSTODY TONIGHT. POLICE TOKEN TO -- STILL CONTINUE THEIR SEARCH.

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Police are actively searching for two people suspected of being involved in a shooting at a Plymouth apartment complex Wednesday morning. Plymouth Police Chief Michael Botieri said the shots were fired between two groups of people during a confrontation in the parking lot of the Algonquin Heights housing complex. Investigators believe six to eight people were involved in the confrontation, but only one to two people are thought to have fired a gun. The two suspects police are searching for are known to police in some way, according to Botieri. Around 1:30 p.m., officers showed reporters a photo of one of the wanted men. Police did not reveal his full name. Botieri said investigators are looking to identify several more people who were involved in the incident.One person who was taken into custody has since been released. A vehicle belonging to someone involved in the shooting was taken into custody, Botieri said.There have been no reported injuries in the shooting, according to police. Police said the shots were fired just before 10 a.m. at Algonquin Heights, which is on Algonquin Terrace. Upon arrival, officers saw people fleeing the scene and running toward the Marc Drive condominium complex. At least two people were seen entering one of the buildings. Police said they evacuated people from several apartments and called in a SWAT team.The pair came out of the building and one of them was taken into custody, as he was identified as being involved in the shooting, Botieri said.Another person was seen leaving the Walgreens on Samoset Street, which is less than half a mile from the shooting scene. Police said they located a handgun, along with an article of clothing, inside the pharmacy.After further investigation, Botieri said it became apparent that the person who was taken into custody was at the scene of the shooting but did not fire a weapon. He was released at about 3 p.m. after being interviewed by detectives."The investigation suggests that this altercation was between two groups of individuals and not a random act," Botieri said. "All buildings, as well as apartments, involved were searched and cleared by SWAT team operators, who are currently following several leads to identify those involved." Plymouth schools said they were notified by police "about an active shooter near the Algonquin area." As a precaution, Federal Furnace Elementary School, Plymouth North High School, Plymouth Community Intermediate School, Plymouth Early Childhood Center, Hedge Elementary School, Cold Spring Elementary School, Nathaniel Morton Elementary School and West Elementary School were put in a "stay in place" mode. Students from those schools were dismissed about 30 minutes later than normal, police said. "The Plymouth Police Department has assured us that our schools are safe. We wanted to make families aware of this ASAP. The buildings are locked, and no one is allowed to enter during this 'stay in place,'" school officials said. State police units, including patrols, K-9s and handlers and the Air Wing, have been assisting Plymouth police.