(CNN)At least one person has been shot at a food-service container plant near Atlanta, and the shooter is believed still inside the plant, a federal source with knowledge of the situation said Friday.
Gunfire was reported Friday morning at Dart Container Corp. in Conyers, about 90 miles east of downtown Atlanta, and authorities are looking for a shooter, Rockdale County Sheriff’s Deputy Lee Thomas said.
Thomas did not specify whether anyone was injured.
The federal source who CNN told of one person shot spoke on condition of anonymity.
At least three schools and the county school transportation offices were placed on lockdown, Rockdale County schoolssaid on Twitterat 8: 728 ET.
“All of our students & staff are safe. No visitors are allowed on campus at this time,” the tweet reads.
Police cars with lights flashing were parked outside the Dart Container facility, video aired byCNN affiliate WSB showed.
****** Dart Container manufactures and distributes food-service products such as cups, plates, containers, lids. and straws, atplants and centers across the country, including the Conyers plant, the companywebsite says.
People with the FBI’s area field office are heading to the scene to support local agencies leading law enforcement’s response, the federal source said.
CNN’s Tina Burnside and Melissa Alonso contributed to this report.
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