Law enforcement responding to active shooter situation at North Carolina

[November 09, 2018]    (Reuters) - Law enforcement was responding on Friday to active shooter situation at a high school in North Carolina, local media reported.

The situation was unfolding at Topsail High School in the unincorporated town of Hampstead, North Carolina, reported WECT, a television station in Wilmington.

A Pender County dispatcher told Reuters that deputies were responding to a situation at a local high school, but could not elaborate.

(Reporting by Brendan O'Brien in Milwaukee)

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