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Los Angeles school shooting: Female arrested after two students were shot Los Angeles school shooting: Female arrested after two students were shot
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A female suspect was in custody after two teenagers were injured in a middle school shooting, authorities said.A female suspect was in custody after two teenagers were injured in a middle school shooting, authorities said.
The incident occurred at Sal Castro Middle School in Los Angeles. Two gunshot victims were transported to a local trauma centre, the Los Angeles Fire Department said. Police officers locked down Salvador Castro Middle School and Belmont High School in Los Angeles after the shooting. The department said there were no additional suspects beyond the person taken into custody and that there was no remaining safety threat.
The victims were a 15-year-old girl and a 15-year-old boy, the department said. A 30-year-old woman also sustained minor injuries but had not been shot. Authorities were able to take the suspect into custody “without further incident”, Los Angeles Police Department Lt Chris Ramirez said, and recovered a gun at the scene.
More follows... Two gunshot victims were transported to a local trauma centre, the Los Angeles Fire Department said. Authorities said the injuries were not life-threatening. The boy, who was shot in the head, was in critical condition while the girl, who was shot in the wrist, was stable.
“We know this is a very traumatic incident for all the children involved particularly inside that classroom,” Steve Zipperman of the Los Angeles School Police Department said, adding that mental health professionals would be available to help.
The victims were a 15-year-old girl and a 15-year-old boy, the department said. Three other people, including a 30-year-old woman, also sustained minor injuries but had not been shot.
Footage from the scene showed police vehicles surrounding the school's campus. Young people could be seen being led out of classrooms by authorities.
Distraught parents gathered to try and learn more about what had happened.
“He’s not doing well,” a weeping mother said of one of her children who recounted hearing the incident, speaking to ABC Los Angeles.