Overview
- Authorities said a person shot themself in the Valley Forge High School cafeteria Monday around 2:10 p.m., prompting a large police and fire response.
- Students were sent to a reunification site at Cuyahoga Community College, a standard step schools use to reunite families after weapons incidents.
- Parma Heights Police is leading the investigation with Parma Police assisting, and officials have not said if the person was a student, staff member, or visitor.
- District leaders reported the situation was contained with no ongoing threat to campus, and no other injuries were reported.
- Initial social media posts suggested an active shooter, which officials corrected by stating it involved a single individual who turned the gun on themself.