Breaking out of the Gun control capitol of the united states where gun free zones work and crime doesnt… Oh wait.
- Two 15-year-old students, a male and a female, were shot inside a classroom at a middle school in Los Angeles Thursday morning
- Male student is in critical condition and the female student is in fair condition
- Three others – an 11-year-old boy, a 12-year-old girl and a 30-year-old woman – were also injured, but not from gunshot injuries
- A 12-year-old female student was taken into custody and a gun recovered
- The call came from Salvador Castro Middle School, but the victims appear to be high school age
- The middle school shares a campus with two high schools
Two teens were shot inside a Los Angeles middle school classroom Thursday morning and police arrested a 12-year-old female student ‘person of interest’, authorities said.
Gunfire erupted shortly before 9am at Salvador Castro Middle School in the Westlake neighborhood.
A 15-year-old male was shot in the head and a 15-year-old female shot in the wrist. The boy is in critical but stable condition, while the female is in fair condition.
Three others were injured from ‘peripheral stuff’ – including an 11-year-old boy, a 12-year-old girl and a 30-year-old woman, School Police Department Chief Steven Zipperman said.
TV footage showed a girl with dark hair and wearing a sweatshirt being led out of the school in handcuffs.
At first, authorities said they had take a female student suspect into custody, but later said she was a ‘person of interest’. The girl’s name and age have not been officially released, but Fox 11 learned that she is 12.
Two 15-year-old students were shot inside a Los Angeles school on Thursday, and a female suspect was seen being taken from the scene in handcuffs
Students at the school are seen evacuating with the help of police after the shooting
Concerned parents rushed to the school Thursday morning to hear news of the children
Authorities said the first call came from Salvador B. Castro Middle School, but it’s unclear if the shooting actually happened there since the students appear to be high school age. The school shares a campus with Belmont High School and Harris Newmark High School.
The middle school is considered small for the area, with an enrollment of 355 students.
The school building used to be used by Belmont High when more students attended.
Last year, 92 per cent of the students at the middle school were Latino and most come from low-income families.
The campus was put on lockdown shortly after the shooting. Students were led to safety by police officers, who then patted them down before releasing them.
‘The school has been declared safe at this point. There is no more safety threat,’ Zipperman said.
Students were expected to return to class once the school was deemed safe.
‘We know this a very traumatic incident for all the children involved, particularly inside that classroom,’ Zipperman said.
Bernal told KTLA that the school conducts random weapons checks.
Jocelyn Lopez said