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A high school sophomore is in police custody after he brought a gun to school and opened fire, sending another student to the hospital, police said.Mobile: View images | Mobile videoThe shooting happened around 1 p.m. at Fern Creek High School. The suspect, a 16-year-old, was taken into custody late Tuesday afternoon and transported to the Louisville Metro Police Department Seventh Division for questioning. Police spent nearly four hours questioning him before he was transported to the juvenile detention center.Interviews: School spokesman | Police spokesmanThe teen is charged with assault, wanton endangerment, tampering with evidence and several illegal gun possession charges.The victim, a 15-year-old student at the school, was rushed to the hospital, still conscious but bleeding. He was shot twice, once in the stomach and once in the leg, and was rushed into surgery.On Tuesday evening, he was listed in stable condition at University Hospital.Fern Creek High School reacted to the situation by going on a Level 5 lockdown and evacuating students. Hundreds filed out one by one with their hands on their heads. "Just after 1 o'clock this afternoon our offices received a report of a shooting inside Fern Creek High School. When they arrived, they indeed found one victim," said Louisville Metro Police spokesman Phil Russell."Shortly after the staff became aware of fact that there may be a weapon on the campus, the school went into Level 5 lockdown. The doors were locked, the students went for cover inside the building and stayed there until the clear was given for them to evacuate and go to the Fern Creek Park," said JCPS spokesman Ben Jackey.Sophomore Demarco Mercado was among the students in the school when the shooting occurred. He had just arrived for a 1 p.m. class on the second floor -- the scene of the shooting -- when he heard gun shots.“I heard two. It was back-to-back,” Mercado said.Chaos erupted as one student went to the ground, clutching his stomach and crying out for help. Students panicked and screamed.“Everyone just started running. I was trying to figure out what's going on because this is so crazy what happened, someone just got shot. It's hard to take in what happened,” Mercado said."This is senseless, unacceptable, cannot happen in our schools. We will be cooperating with LMPD to find out who this person is, bring them to justice and provide anything this victim may need. This is not type of things students should be exposed to. (We) will cooperate with LMPD to get to the bottom of this and make sure our students are safe in the future," Jackey said.Police spent the next three hours searching for the shooter, a 16-year-old student. Among the places they staked out was his parents' Newburg home. One woman, who asked not to be identified, said the young man is known to police and neighbors.“He's been trouble period and it's sad other kids are terrified right now because of him,” she said.Just after 4 p.m., the young man, a sophomore at Fern Creek, was located and taken into custody. He was found hiding out at Oxford Place Apartments, which is just a short walk from the school. An observant neighbor walking her dog noticed a young man matching the police description duck into the then-empty apartment across the hall.“As soon as I saw him, I knew. It was just a gut feeling,” said Phyllis Kavanaugh.Even with the suspect in custody, other feelings -- ones of fear and uneasiness – remain.“You see it other places, you don't think it's going to happen at your school,” Mercado said.Police are continuing their investigation into what exactly was behind this shooting. They said the suspect and victim know each other and that the victim was targeted and the shooting was not random.One officer said nearly every LMPD officer on duty was involved, including K-9s.Neighboring agencies were handling their calls, so they could focus their attention on locating the suspect and taking him into custody. Fern Creek will operate on a normal schedule Wednesday. School officials said a crisis team will be in place to talk with students.