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BELLEVILLE, Ont. – Police say they believe a shooting incident at a high school was a distraction for a bank robbery a few minutes later.

Insp. Mike Callaghan says the shooting Thursday at Quinte Secondary School wasn’t targeted and no one was injured.

A man escaped from the bank with an unspecified amount of money after producing a firearm.

The suspect is still at large and while it’s unclear whether more than one person was involved in the incidents, police say the same man fired the gun at the school and held up the bank.

Counsellors were at the school on Friday to help students and staff cope with the incident.

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