HARDIN COUNTY, Ky. — A Kentucky high school had to go on a soft lockdown Thursday after someone fired a gun near the school.

School officials said Central Hardin High School went on a soft lockdown about 2:35 p.m. Thursday after shots were fired in front of the Litchfield Road campus in Cecilia.

Two motorists were involved in an altercation on Leitchfield Road when one displayed a weapon and fired, according to school officials. No one at the school was injured.

The lockdown, which kept students and staff inside while classes continued, was lifted about 3:15 p.m., school officials said.

"Hardin County Schools is grateful to its friends at [Elizabethtown Police], [Kentucky State Police] and all of our law-enforcement partners," Public Relations Director John Wright said. "Again, everyon

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