Friday, Dec. 1, 2017 | 2:09 p.m.
Metro Police say they are investigating after a person was found dead with a gunshot wound in the central valley.
Police were dispatched about 1 p.m. to the 1900 block of Allen Lane, near Rancho and Vegas drives, Officer Aden Ocampo-Gomez said. The person who called 911 initially thought the victim had been hit by a vehicle, he said.
Medics declared the victim dead of the gunshot wound, Ocampo-Gomez said.
Nearby Detwiler Elementary School was placed on lockdown as a precaution, Ocampo-Gomez said.
A suspect description was not immediately available.
