DC student shot outside prep school, prompting temporary lockdown

Police in Washington, D.C., are searching for a suspect in connection to a shooting outside a high school that left a student wounded on Monday.

Officers found the victim at the scene "conscious and breathing," according to the report. The victim was rushed to a local hospital with non-life-threatening gunshot injuries, police said. The school was closed Tuesday following the shooting on Monday. Administrators said the school would reopen Wednesday. (FOX5 DC WTTG) While police did not release information about a suspect, authorities said the suspect's vehicle is believed to be a gray SUV that was spotted leaving the scene. (FOX5 DC WTTG)

The school entered a temporary lockdown once administrators learned that the student was shot outside, KIPP DC College Preparatory said in a letter to parents.