BATON ROUGE — Baton Rouge Police officers are searching for two people involved in a shooting in the parking lot of a bank outside Towne Center that sent one person to the hospital. 

The shooting happened just before 2 p.m. outside the Gulf Coast Bank on the corner of Jefferson Highway and Thibodeaux Avenue. 

The Baton Rouge Police Department said officers were responding to a reported fraudulent check situation at the bank in the parking lot. BRPD said three people were inside the vehicle when an officer approached it. Shots were fired, one person was hit, and two people ran from the vehicle. 

"Our officer did not engage in gunfire. There was someone inside the vehicle, that was struck, he was transported to a local hospital and his injuries at this time have been determined to be non-life threatening," Cpl. Saundra Watts said. 

BRPD says officers are searching for a white female and a white male that ran from the scene.

"We're trying to locate them, bring them in and find out what information, or what involvement the may have had in the activity that was going on," Watts said. 

BRPD officers are stationed around the area searching for the people who ran, who BRPD said are not considered armed or dangerous. Police have shut down multiple roads, including portions of Lobdell Avenue, as they canvas the area. Helicopters and K-9 officers are also searching. 

Nick Ourso, owner of nearby business Bronier Luxury Salon and Spa Suites, says he was on his way to do maintenance at his business when get got a call asking about the police presence at the bank.

"The first person called and just said they saw somebody out here look like they were injured and police just kind of all around and maybe two people running or something like that," Ourso said. 

Ourso says the area is normally pretty quiet.

"it's one of the nicest areas in Baton Rouge and we never seen any violence, we rarely see police cars coming up and down with lights on," he said. 

While responding to the shooting, two BRPD units crashed into one another at the intersection of Goodwood Boulevard and E. Airport Avenue. One officer suffered a minor injury. 

One person was detained.

Nearby school, Our Lady of Mercy issued a shelter in place.

"Which is what you want to happen in a situation like this because again, it's suspicious activity, a gunshot was fired, two individuals fled the scene, so to keep those students safe and the businesses safe they did the right thing," Watts said.