Shots were fired just a few hundred feet away from Mount Vernon High School.

News 12 was told it happened around 3:30 Monday afternoon - right around the time students were dismissed.

Investigators telling News 12 that the shots were fired out of a passing vehicle, and that surveillance video shows another car was also involved.

Detectives say they found one of the vehicles, which was damaged by gunshots.

They are asking witnesses to come forward.