Five people, including a child, are dead and several others injured after a shooting Monday at a Christian school in Wisconsin, a local police chief said.

Madison Police Chief Shon Barnes said the suspect shooter is also among the dead.

Earlier multiple injuries were reported Monday in the shooting at Abundant Life Christian school in Madison, the state capital, police said.

“This remains an active and ongoing investigation,” Madison police said in a statement. “More information will be released as it is available. We currently need people to avoid the area.”

The school has about 390 students, from kindergarten through high school, according to its website. It sits on a 28-acre campus that hosts students from about 200 families in the Dane county area.

Local TV footage of the scene outside the school showed dozens of police cars, ambulances and fire service vehicles pulling up in the streets outside the school.

America has long had an epidemic of school shootings, on a scale unlike any other country in the world but has struggled with any meaningful efforts to curb the phenomenon, especially when it comes to limiting access to powerful firearms.