A 15-year-old student at West Orange High School was shot Wednesday afternoon, and Orange County deputies said they have detained a 17-year-old suspect.

Sheriff Jerry Demings said 15-year-old Ja'Roderick Smith was shot in the face and abdomen by a 17-year-old male during a fight outside the school, in the bus loop area, around 1:15 p.m.

Smith was given first aid, and was alert when he was transported to Orlando Regional Medical Center, West Orange Principal Douglas Szcinski told parents in a mass voice mail message.

Wednesday was Smith's first day at West Orange High School. The ninth-grader transferred from Olympia High School.

The suspect was detained around 3:30 p.m. near the nearby Tildenville neighborhood, but Demings said deputies did not immediately recover the gun used in the shooting.

We are not naming the 17-year-old suspect unless he is charged as an adult. Please refer to our Crime Guidelines for more information.

West Orange High School is located on Beulah Road, just southwest of the interchange between Florida's Turnpike and State Road 429. After the shooting, other students were bused to Ocoee High School, at 1925 Ocoee Crown Point Parkway, to be picked up by parents.

The following is a transcript of the voice mail sent to parents:

Good afternoon, parents. This is Douglas Szcinski, principal of West Orange High School.

Our school is currently on a lockdown. We are following all safety procedures and precautions. There has been an incident in which one student was shot. That student is alert and being transported to the hospital. Law enforcement is on scene working the situation.

We will provide more information as it becomes available. Thank you.

A similar message was posted on West Orange High School's Facebook page.

School will be in session Thursday, with grief counselors on campus. A prayer will be held at 6:50 a.m. at the flagpole in front of the school. All extracurricular activities Wednesday night, including a basketball game at Dr. Phillips High School, were cancelled.

Orange County School Superintendent Barbara Jenkins and Mayor Teresa Jacobs went to the hospital to meet with Smith's family. The boy is expected to survive.

 “His mother is extremely relieved," said Dr. Jenkins. "Obviously, it’s traumatizing for a mother to hear that kind of news but extremely grateful, very relieved.  Everyone thankful to god that he’s just okay, that the wounds seem very minor.”

A parent waiting for her son, Alicia Hutta, said he called her husband from another student's phone on one of the buses waiting at the school.

"We need better plans, in case something like this happens where the kids can meet parents, some kind of structure," Hutta said.