It took nearly 45 minutes for an Orange County school to go on lockdown following a triple shooting nearby. Three people were shot at the Andover Place Apartments on Ole Heritage Circle, less than a mile away from Palmetto Elementary School. Matt Grant (@MattGrantWESH) has the story.

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Parents are concerned that it took 45 minutes for an elementary school to go on lockdown following a triple shooting that took place next to the school.While law enforcement searched for three people connected to the triple shooting, school officials said they were not informed of what was going on until later.Three people were shot at Andover Place Apartments Monday, prompting Palmetto Elementary School to go into lockdown.The apartments on Ole Heritage Circle are less than one mile away from the school.Police said shots were fired just after 11:15 a.m., but the school didn’t go into lockdown until after noon because law enforcement officials never notified the school.WESH 2 News spoke with several parents who said they were not happy.“I don't think that's very safe. Really, they should be the first to know. There's a bunch of innocent kids in here who can't defend themselves in here. It's an elementary school,” Jennifer Hopping, the mother of a second grader, said.“You're talking about kids on playgrounds. People could be running this direction, you never know what's going on,” Jonathan James, the father of a kindergartner, said.According to school officials, the principal only found out what was going on when she heard helicopters and called the sheriff's office.She was told a lockdown was not needed but voluntarily put one into effect anyway.“We take the lead from law enforcement in these type of situations. Our principal did the correct thing by following our protocol and deciding to put the school on lockdown,” a district official said.Parents were notified by voicemail after the lockdown ended.The Orange County Sheriff's Office said they did not notify Palmetto Elementary because deputies believed the gunmen fled in a vehicle and were no longer in the area.But parents like James said that doesn’t matter when it comes to the safety of the children.“They should have went straight to the school, it's literally blocks from where it happened. It's not like it's a couple miles away,” he said.Deputies are still searching for the three suspects involved in the shooting, which they believe was a targeted attack.Investigators are looking for a burgundy Buick with tinted windows and chrome wheels.