Gar-Field Senior High School shooting sees victim airlifted from fair as officers rush to Woodbridge, Virginia

AT LEAST one person has been shot at a carnival at a high school in Virginia.

The victim has been air-lifted out of the carnival which was being held at Gar-Field High School in Woodbridge, Virginia, Prince William County police said.

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Police told the family and parents of those at the carnival to wait across the street for more information, according to Inside NoVA.

The school’s football field was used as a landing pad for the helicopter which took the victim to a trauma center.

The age and condition of the victim are unknown at this time.

Police have secured the area.

Police say that the carnival was being hosted by the Woodbridge Kiwanis Club according to the same article.

Social media users on Twitter reacted to the news with some saying that they heard the gunshots and assumed it was fireworks.