Terrified children run for cover as woman is gunned down in shooting near school bus stop

A woman was gunned down and terrified children left scrambling for cover amid a shooting near a school bus stop in Louisville, Kentucky.

The violence erupted at around 8am on Wednesday and saw a nearby elementary school placed on lockdown.

The adult female victim was raced to the University Hospital in an unknown condition, police said.

No arrests have been made and the Louisville Metro Police Department confirmed there are ‘no outstanding suspects at this time’.

The shooting occurred near to a bus stop, located near to the Coleridge-Taylor Montessori Elementary School and Central High School.

The elementary was briefly placed on lockdown following the shooting, but it has since been reopened.

Early reports indicated that up to three shooters may have been involved, but the Louisville Police Department told Daily Mail that was not accurate.

Reports from the scene described frantic children running to safety amid the chaos.

A woman was hospitalized in a horror episode after shots were fired at a school bus stop in Louisville, Kentucky

No arrests have been made and the Louisville Metro Police Department said there are ‘no outstanding suspects at this time’

The incident comes just days after another shooting occurred near the same location on West Chestnut Street on August 7.

In that shooting, a 15-year-old boy was accused of opening fire on a school bus stop as students prepared for the first day back at school.

He did not injure anyone, but was charged with 33 counts of first-degree wanton endangerment and one count of possession of a handgun by a minor.