COLUMBUS, Ohio -- Columbus police are looking for four shooting suspects after a triple shooting on the city's near East Side Thursday afternoon.
NBC 4 reported with the FAST FACTS from Columbus police.
Two males and one female were shot at about 12:15 p.m. The female victim was a bystander, according to police.
Four male suspects were walking on Atcheson Street. The direction was not confirmed.
Two male victims were traveling east on Atcheson Street in a gray Ford.
Police said the suspects started firing at the vehicle in the area of Atcheson Street and North Champion Avenue.
Witnesses said one of the vehicle's windows was shot out and the driver was slumped over the steering wheel.
A 19-year-old female was struck by a stray bullet. She was sitting on a porch on the 1300 block of Atcheson Street.
Witnesses said the suspects appeared to be targeting the male victims in the vehicle.
The vehicle with the victims continued traveling east and came to a stop at Taylor Avenue.
The suspects fled the scene on foot. Descriptions were not available immediately.
The number of firearms or shots fired was not confirmed.
The males were transported to OSU Medical Center in nonlife-threatening condition. Both males had wounds to the back of their heads.
The female was transported to Grant Medical Center in serious but stable condition. She was shot in the neck.
Beatty Park Elementary School and Trevitt Elementary School both were placed on a lockdown at about 12:10 p.m., according to CPD. The lockdown was lifted at about 1 p.m. The schools are housed in the same building at 519 Trevitt St. and are part of the Columbus City Schools district.
Initial reports indicated the victims all are in their late teens. Authorities have not confirmed this information.
Police continued to investigate.
Additional information was not immediately available.
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