Armstrong High School

RICHMOND, Virginia (CNN) -- A male teacher and a female school volunteer were wounded in a hallway outbreak of gunfire that resulted from a "feud between juveniles," police said on Monday.

No students were injured in the shootings at Armstrong High School, said Deputy Police Chief Teresa Gooch.

Police arrested a 14-year-old boy, a ninth-grader at the school, as the suspected shooter and recovered the weapon that was used, Gooch said. She did not say what kind of gun it was.

Another male also was being questioned. It was not clear if he was a student.

Gooch

The wounded man was identified by Gooch as Gregory Carter, 50, a history teacher and basketball coach. He was in surgery with what police and school officials described as a "non-life threatening" wound to the right side.

Eloise Wilson, 75, a volunteer for the school's Head Start program, was shot in the right arm and is in stable condition, Gooch said. Earlier reports had described Wilson as a guidance counselor.

Neither was believed to be a target of the gunman, police and school officials said. "We believe that this shooting resulted from a feud between juveniles," Gooch told reporters.

She said she understood that the student dispute began earlier and may have involved others.

Carter and Wilson were shot in a hallway about 10 a.m. as students were taking final exams in the city public school on Richmond's east end.

Police outside the site of the shootings

"We heard about 10 rounds of gunshots," one student said. "Right after that, we heard people panicking." ( 215K/20 sec. AIFF or WAV sound)

A policeman on duty inside the school, Ron Brown, helped to apprehend the suspected gunman, Gooch said.

Classes were dismissed after the shootings.

It was the latest in a spate of school shootings since October, including fatal shootings in West Paducah, Kentucky; Pearl, Mississippi; Jonesboro, Arkansas; and Springfield, Oregon.

Tuesday is the last day of school in Richmond before the summer break.

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