People wait for students and updates outside of Saugus High School after reports of a shooting on Thursday, Nov. 14, 2019, in Santa Clarita, Calif. (AP Photo/Marcio Jose Sanchez)
SANTA CLARITA, Calif. (AP) — Several people were injured Thursday during a shooting at a Southern California high school and the gunman was in custody, authorities said.
Reports on the number of people injured has fluctuated.
Fire officials said at least three people were injured.
However, a hospital in the city of Santa Clarita tweeted that it received two patients in critical condition and three more were on the way.
The Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department said deputies responded to Saugus High School in Santa Clarita, about 30 miles (48 kilometers) northwest of downtown Los Angeles.
Los Angeles County Sheriff Alex Villanueva told KNX radio the suspect in a school shooting was in custody.
Television images showed deputies swarming the school and several people being moved on gurneys.
Lines of students were escorted from the school by armed deputies.
White House spokesman Judd Deere said President Donald Trump was monitoring the reports.
There were three confirmed patients with injuries, and it was not immediately clear if they were gunshot wounds or other types of injuries, fire spokesman Christopher Thomas said.
Henry Mayo Newhall Hospital in the city of Santa Clarita tweeted that it received two patients in critical condition and three more were on the way.
The Los Angeles County sheriff’s Santa Clarita Valley station says there are “reports of approximately five victims being treated.”
Saugus High School and other schools in the area were locked down.
Parents wait in line to be reunited with their children, students at the Esteban Torres High School in unincorporated East Los Angeles Wednesday, Nov. 13, 2019. A sheriff’s deputy fatally shot a man wielding a sword, after he had climbed over the school fence. The man advanced toward a deputy and continued ignoring instructions to drop the weapon. One deputy opened fire; it was not clear how many times the deputy shot at the man. The man, whose identity has not been released, was pronounced dead at the scene. No deputies were injured. (AP Photo/Damian Dovarganes)People are lead out of Saugus High School after reports of a shooting on Thursday, Nov. 14, 2019 in Santa Clarita, Calif. The Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department says on Twitter that deputies are responding to the high school about 30 miles (48 kilometers) northwest of downtown Los Angeles. The sheriff’s office says a male suspect in black clothing was seen at the school. (KTTV-TV via AP)People are lead out of Saugus High School after reports of a shooting on Thursday, Nov. 14, 2019 in Santa Clarita, Calif. The Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department says on Twitter that deputies are responding to the high school about 30 miles (48 kilometers) northwest of downtown Los Angeles. The sheriff’s office says a male suspect in black clothing was seen at the school. (KTTV-TV via AP)
This sort of garbage does not go on in any schools in Israel, as every school in Israel has very good security. Here, every school district in the USA makes a decision whether or not to have metal detectors and/or armed guards at the schools. If we can protect the public at the airport, where we are frisked, and scanned, why can’t we protect our kids? Even if I go to a major league ball game, or to an indoor sports event, at a sports arena, I am subject to screening. It is ludicrous to permit thousands of students to come in with back packs and other objects which are not screened. How many more of these school shootings are going to be tolerated by school officials? In NYC, there are schools with metal detectors and guards. The USA was able to send 12 men to the moon, and bring them back safely to earth; one would think that better security would be utilized in our schools. Unfortunately, the same mentality which resisted placing armed law enforcement personnel in Shuls, is still prevalent at many local school boards.
Archy, so much for your call for unity behind Barr’s gun violence ideas. The NRA just made Trump disavow it. Pulled Trump’s puppet strings hard.
White House distances itself from AG Barr’s gun control ideas as NRA pans it.
https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/white-house-distances-ag-barrs-gun-control-ideas/story?id=65699702
This sort of garbage does not go on in any schools in Israel, as every school in Israel has very good security. Here, every school district in the USA makes a decision whether or not to have metal detectors and/or armed guards at the schools. If we can protect the public at the airport, where we are frisked, and scanned, why can’t we protect our kids? Even if I go to a major league ball game, or to an indoor sports event, at a sports arena, I am subject to screening. It is ludicrous to permit thousands of students to come in with back packs and other objects which are not screened. How many more of these school shootings are going to be tolerated by school officials? In NYC, there are schools with metal detectors and guards. The USA was able to send 12 men to the moon, and bring them back safely to earth; one would think that better security would be utilized in our schools. Unfortunately, the same mentality which resisted placing armed law enforcement personnel in Shuls, is still prevalent at many local school boards.