Pine Plains NY

PINE PLAINS, N.Y. — A town official says a gunman at an upstate New York high school has taken the principal hostage.

Pine Plains Town Supervisor Gregg Pulver tells CNN that students at Stissing Mountain High School are safe. The school is about 90 miles north of New York City.

The school remains on lockdown. Pulver says police are in contact with the gunman. He says the gunman is an adult, not a student.

State police and Dutchess County sheriffs deputies released no other information.

THIS IS A BREAKING NEWS UPDATE. Check back soon for further information. AP's earlier story is below.

PINE PLAINS, N.Y. (AP) — The sheriff's department says an upstate New York high school has been locked down, and police are on the scene.

The Dutchess County Sheriff's Department says Stissing Mountain High School in Pine Plains was locked down Tuesday morning. They released no other information.

Pine Plains is about 90 miles north of New York City.