The Kaufman County sheriff’s office says it is investigating after two people were shot near a Forney school Friday afternoon. Sheriff deputies and multiple assisting agencies responded to a shooting at around 2 p.m. in the 2000 block of Chisholm Trail, located close to Brown Middle School, officials say.

Two people were shot Friday afternoon near Brown Middle School in Forney, prompting a brief security response from local schools.

KAUFMAN COUNTY, Texas — Police are investigating outside a Kaufman County middle school and nearby neighborhood after two people were shot Friday afternoon, officials said. According to police, two men were shot. Both were taken by helicopter to local hospitals, however, one has since died from his injuries.

One man is dead, another one is in the hospital and two are in custody after a shooting in the middle of the afternoon in a Forney neighborhood.