Counselors will also be available at other schools in the Antelope Valley Unified High School District.
The shooting, which happened around 7 a.m. Friday, May 11, on the Highland High School campus in the 39000 block of 25th Street West, was initially reported as an active shooter, prompting a massive law-enforcement response.
A Highland High School student told KNX Newsradio that he saw the suspect, whom authorities say is a 14-year-old former Highland student, emerge from a bathroom with a rifle-type weapon, which he randomly pointed at people. The student said the suspect looked at him and told him to run, which he did, shouting at other students to do the same.
The suspect then fired about 10 rounds and told his father that he had fired into the air, said Los Angeles County sheriff’s Jim McDonnell.
A parent told KNX that his wife was dropping their daughter off at the school when the wounded 15-year-old ran up to her car, shouting, “He shot me! He shot me! I don’t know why he shot me!” The woman told the boy to get into her car and she drove him to a nearby hospital, the parent said, adding that his wife was interviewed by sheriff’s deputies and was told the “little boy is going to be fine.”
There was no immediate word on a motive, though Los Angeles County sheriff’s Capt. Darren Harris said that deputies believe the suspect was acting alone.
The 14-year-old suspect was taken into custody at a Vons grocery store about a mile from the campus. There were no reports of any other injuries.
In the aftermath of the shooting, authorities identified two potential threats on social media.
One targeted Highland High specifically.
“Detectives from the school unit have … located the individual who posted this message,” said Lancaster Sheriff’s Station spokeswoman Ali Villalobos. “While the individual claims this is only a rumor, detectives are investigating every lead thoroughly. The investigation is still ongoing.”
The second potential threat was a social-media post relating to a February incident. That threat was deemed not credible.
“We continue to work hand in hand with our community to ensure we provide the safest learning environment for all of our students,” Villalobos said. “Our station takes every single threat, comment and/or `rumor` seriously and will investigate each one thoroughly.”
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Karla says
… school shootings never happened in the 40s, 50s, 60s and 70s. A generational thing, millennials and gen-z latch-keys just love going back to their Alma Maters, and pulling triggers. The most restrictive gun laws in America history, now school shootings constitute commonplace theater sufficient, to bolster television advertising rates. Every time there’s a school shooting, television execs raise their ad rates –
Laughing says
There were indeed shootings at schools in the 40s, 50s, 60s and 70s.
There were also bombings, and knife attacks.
Perpetrated by students and outsiders.
The news was often more localized, and not as easily spread like today with the internet.
There is also much more hysteria about scary looking guns, back in the day more of the shootings were revolvers and hunting rifles.
Timneedsattention says
Unless of course if they are about republicans.
Nixon,reagan,bush,bush 2,trump,rex.
I believe all bad said about them.
Or I’ll just make something up about them.
love says
I hate these ridiculous rumors of 4 people dead, and many wounded. Stop recirculating these rumors. During lockdown people gossiped like they were four years old. Stop adding to the madness. One wounded, one in custody. That’s it. No add ons-no additions.
Fab says
What about the shooting at the elementary school?That was not a false alarm.
AV Scanner says
There was no evidence of shots fired there
Fab says
Someone told me that there was a fatality.And one kid in critical condition.But that the parents dont wanna announce it.This is scary my kids used to attend this school.
Tim Scott says
Someone told me that the shots fired were at an alien spaceship. Someone else told me that all the students have been replaced with pod people who are capturing their parents and replacing them in turn. This is scary…or it would be IF I BELIEVED RANDOM NONSENSE FROM RANDOM PEOPLE.
Tom says
No one can hide a story of a death at an elementary school. If you believe it then I have some magic beans I’ll sell you but don’t tell anyone else
Tm says
It was because the high school was near the elementary that’s where people their news mixed up. Thanks to social media , which happens a lot