Shooting south of Rose Hill; suspect has surrendered

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A suspect in a shooting in Butler County has turned himself in at the Rose Hill Police Department.

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Tthe shooting occurred around 10:00 a.m. Tuesday. Dispatchers say the original call was of a stabbing at a property near SW 200th St. & SW Butler Road, about a mile south of Rose Hill.

After emergency crews and sheriff's deputies responded, they changed the nature of the call to a shooting, instead of a stabbing.

They found one person with critical injuries; that victim was taken to a hospital.

For a short time after the incident, Rose Hill Public Schools went into lockdown as a precaution for student safety, and students were not allowed outside.

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