FORT GIBSON, Oklahoma (CNN) -- Police took a shooting suspect into custody Monday morning after children were wounded at a middle school in Fort Gibson, Oklahoma, police said. The Associated Press reported three children were shot.

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"The incident is over. We're trying to get everything secured," a police spokesman said.

School Superintendent Steve Wilmoth said the shooting took place outside and possibly inside the middle school shortly before 8 a.m.

He didn't know the condition of the students. Fort Gibson is a town of about 3,500 about 50 miles southeast of Tulsa.

The Associated Press contributed to this report.

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LASR - Fort Gibson, Oklahoma
National Alliance for Safe Schools
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National Alliance for Safe Schools
Gun-free Schools Act of 1994

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