FREMONT, Ohio — Three schools and the YMCA in Fremont were placed on lockdown Monday morning after shots were allegedly fired near the Walmart, according to police.
Fremont police said they were dispatched to the incident in a parking lot near Sean Drive around 11:22 a.m. According to police, a gun was discharged in the area of the Walmart parking lot and at least one of the shots struck a car's tire. Police said the incident involved six people in two separate vehicles but no injuries were reported.
According to FPD, one of the vehicles involved was disabled at Walmart and the other car was found arriving at the Casa Nueva Apartment complex. Police said two people were detained and two others ran away on foot.
Police said "out of an abundance of caution" they placed Vanguard-Sentinel Career and Technology Center, Fremont Ross High School, Fremont Middle School and the YMCA on lockdown.
The two who fled on foot were identified and later detained, police said. According to FPD, two firearms were recovered from the scene at the apartment complex and the two vehicles involved "were seized for further processing." Police said the lockdown at the schools and the YMCA was lifted around 1:45 p.m.
According to police, Nevarea Cooks-McKinney, 18, is charged with felonious assault and Johnathan Matthews, 18, is charged with complicity to felonious assault.
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