Community on edge after shooting near Fayetteville high school

Someone shot 19-year-old Phillip Lytch and 18-year old Frank Haskins by the Seventy-First Classical Middle School, according to the sheriff's office. Their injuries were not serious, officials said.

An abandoned car with a bullet hole was also found in the school's parking lot.

The shooting follows a series of recent shootings at high school games across North Carolina.

"What we're seeing here lately, especially, is students instead of telling their parents when they hear something, they're immediately posting on social media. Of course, when it starts going, it changes and then all of a sudden it just creates mass hysteria," said Bruce Morrison, security coordinator for Cumberland County Schools.

On Saturday night, the Cumberland County Sheriff's Office charged a ninth-grade student with communicating a threat of mass violence on educational property in relation to the shooting. Authorities said the person arrested made posts on social media shortly after the shooting, which took place after the game was over.

"We're having so many of them, we're getting these kids saying, 'I'm going to come to the school and shoot the school up. I'm going to come to the ball game and shoot the game up,'" said Cumberland County Sheriff Ennis Wright.

Investigators said the ninth-grader's posted there would be retaliation at school on Monday for Friday night's shooting.

"We got a young man that's sitting at the detention center - the juvenile detention center - for making threats on Facebook," said Wright.

On Saturday night, the football game between Pine Forest High School and Terry Sanford High School was called in the fourth quarter because it was rumored the shooter from Friday night's game was headed to Pine Forest.

The teams were rushed off the field and the crowd followed.

"Some comments get made by kids and that just created excitement, and I think that's what panicked everybody and the cause for alarm," said Cumberland County Schools athletic director David Culbreth.

Law enforcement said they plan to step up security at games and school leaders are asking for the public's help in stopping potential violence.

"What we would rather students do, if they hear anything, is to notify their parents, tell a responsible adult or use the see something, say something program," said Morrison.