US school shooting: Two students dead, three injured
LOS ANGELES: At least two students were killed and three others were injured following a shooting at Saugus High School in Santa Clarita, Southern California yesterday morning.
News agency Xinhua news agency reported that a 16-year old girl and a 14-year old boy were pronounced dead at nearby Henry Mayo Newhall Hospital.
Local authorities said the suspect was taken into custody at hospital and victims were also transported to the nearby Henry Mayo Newhall Hospital.
The 16-year-old girl and a 14-year-old boy were pronounced dead at the hospital later.
The other three victims were all teens, a 14-year-old boy and two girls, aged 14 and 15, respectively.
“Police responded to reports of shots fired at about 7.40 am local time at the school, around 40 miles north of Los Angeles. Some students escaped from the campus and others were trying to find cover at the school.”
“Six students, including the suspected shooter, were found in the quad with gunshot wounds,” said Los Angeles County Sheriff Alex Villanueva.
Villanueva said the 16-year-old male suspect, whose birthday falls today, is in the hospital in “grave condition’.
“The suspect, who took a semi-automatic pistol from his backpack before the start of classes, shot five people and then shot himself in the head,” said officials.
Authorities did not reveal the identity of the suspect but said that detectives were talking with the suspect’s girlfriend and his mother.
Worried parents rushed to the area after reports of the shooting, waiting for their children to be released from the police cordon.
Some emotional parents and kids reunited with each other outside the campus with tears in their eyes.
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