St Joseph police took three men into custody after a shooting incident just after noon near 10th and Church Streets that prompted officials to lock down Cathedral School nearby.

Captain Kevin Castle says a group of men were firing what he called a “very realistic looking pellet gun,” and a neighbor called police.

 

Castle says three men, two of them 19 and one 22 years old, were taken into custody for investigation of unlawful use of a weapon and destruction of property. One of the men also had a city warrant for failure to appear.

Initial reports indicated there was no property damage, but investigators later located two homes in the area that appeared to have been damaged by projectiles.

No injuries were reported.

The school lockdown ended a short time later.