Two 14-year-old boys and a 16-year-old girl are dead and two other students are injured after a classmate opened fire at a high school in Southern California Thursday morning, officials said.
The weapon, a .45 caliber semiautomatic pistol, was recovered with no more bullets left, authorities said.The shooting was reported at 7:38 a.m. local time during what's called"Zero Period," which is before the school day officially begins at 8 a.m. and is often used for extracurricular classes, police said.
My heart is BROKEN. Seeing backpacks scattered everywhere, hearing gunshots, crying in my friends arms not knowing if we would go home is DEVASTATING. When will this stop ?#EnoughIsEnough #GunControl HOW MANY MORE LIVES NEED TO BE TAKEN TO PROVE THAT SOMETHING NEEDS TO CHANGE pic.twitter.com/QrzCyv4pTX
Jeff Turner, a father of three Saugus High School students, said his daughter"was beside herself, hysterical.” "We were all getting there and parents heard shots -- or what we thought were shots," Wolf told ABC News."The nice guy who waves us in the lot every morning started shouting at the kids walking to get out of the way get up the hill. We were all trying to get out. People were confused."