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OROVILLE, Calif. (AP) ― A gunman was in custody after firing shots inside a northern California high school Friday morning, authorities said. No one was injured.

There were no injuries resulting from the incident at Las Plumas High School, said Sang Kim, a spokesman for Butte County.

Kim said the student had taken hostages around 9 a.m., but "as of 10:40 a.m., all hostages have been released." He did not say how many students had been taken hostage.

A message posted on the Oroville Union High School District Web site said all six schools were locked down until the standoff ended.

Oroville is 65 miles north of Sacramento.
A student was taken into custody Friday at a California high school after holding people hostage at gunpoint for more than an hour, authorities said.

No one was injured at Las Plumas High School in Oroville, California, in the standoff, which began about 9 a.m. PT (noon ET) and ended just before 11 a.m. (2 p.m. ET), according to the Butte County Sheriff's Department and the California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection.

The sheriff's department said the male student fired one shot into the air, but no one was hit. An unknown number of hostages were held in the band room.

A SWAT team was called in to the school. All of the school district's six schools were on lockdown during the incident, according to the