By Matt Kawahara
mkawahara@sacbee.com
Two North Highlands elementary schools spent about 40 minutes on lockdown this afternoon after a shooting occurred nearby.
Sacramento Sheriff's Department deputies received a call at 1:10 p.m. regarding a shooting in the area of Thomas and Floral drives, said Sgt. Tim Curran, department spokesman.
Deputies responded to find a 21-year-old man with a gunshot wound to his shoulder, Curran said.
Two suspects had attempted to rob the victim and, when the victim refused, one of the suspects shot him, Curran said. The victim was transported to a local hospital with non-life threatening wounds, Curran said.
Deputies set up a perimeter in the area between Village and Larchmont elementary schools, which are less than a mile apart.
Hearing that the shooting had occurred nearby and that the suspects might still be in the neighborhood, the Twin Rivers Police Department ordered the two elementary schools placed on lockdown, said Officer William Cho, department spokesman.
Village and Larchmont elementary schools were locked down at 1:20 p.m. and released from lockdown at 2 p.m., Cho said.
The two suspects in the shooting remain at large, Curran said. The shooter is described as a black male adult, 6 feet 2 inches tall, with a medium build and wearing a black shirt and black pants.
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