OROVILLE —A gunman, who had held hostages at Las Plumas High School for three hours, has surrendered to authorities. Apparently no one was injured in the incident.

At about 10:40 a.m. Butte County sheriff's officials announced the student suspect had been taken into custody.

Immediately prior to his surrender, the gunman released two female students from the campus bandroom, where he had held hostages since about 8:30 a.m.

At about that time the suspect fired a revolver once and possibly twice inside the bandroom.

Initially, he had more than two dozen hostages, including at least one teacher.

Sheriff's officials began negotiating with the student by telephone. At about the same time, the sheriff's SWAT unit waqs taking positions around the campus.

Over the intervening hours, the suspect released students from the bandroom.

LPHS was immediately put into lockdown, and parents were told to gather at the Nazarene Church on Monte Vista Avenue.

Parents were kept in a room at the church, separate from where the press was staging.

A reporter from the Enterprise-Record reported a cheer went up from the parents when word was passed to them the crisis had ended.

Sheriff's officials reported all of the hostages had been accounted for and there were no injuries.

Besides LPHS, both the Oroville Elementary School District and the Palermo School District were also in lockdown, even though there were no specific threats in those locations.