Police are investigating after an agent with the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF) shot a teen in Aliquippa, the city's mayor said.

Aliquippa Mayor Dwan B. Walker told the Post-Gazette’s news partner KDKA that an ATF agent shot the Aliquippa High School student around 6:20 p.m. Thursday.

Mr. Walker said it’s a “tragic situation and it's fluid.”

The shooting happened on Waugaman Street at the Linmar Terrace housing complex around 6:20 p.m., officials told KDKA.

It was not immediately clear why the ATF was in Aliquippa.

Sources told KDKA that the victim was shot in the head, but their condition and age were not immediately known.

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