Police in St. Paul are investigating a shooting near Metropolitan State University Thursday afternoon that placed the school on a temporary lockdown. St. Paul police say officers responded to reports of a shooting at Sixth Street East and Maria Avenue shortly before 12:30 p.

An argument between a man and his mother allegedly ended with the man shooting at her outside Metro State University in St. Paul.

St. Paul police say gunshots prompted a lockdown at Metropolitan State University. The school was placed on lockdown at about 12:40 p.m. and was lifted around 1:06 p.m. on Thursday. Police say a 22-year-old man was arrested for shooting at his mother,