Orandi said she has heard about so many school shootings that she always assumed she’d panic. Undersheriff Tim Murakami tweeted an apology to the parents, saying investigators needed to interview the students before they could be released. We were scared,” Rodriguez said.Ī huge crowd of anxious parents gathered in the park, waiting to be reunited with their children. Still carrying a backpack laden with books, she ran across the street to a home, where a person she didn’t know gave shelter to her and about 10 other students. She realized they were gunshots when she saw other students running. I’m gonna die.”įreshman Rosie Rodriguez said she was walking up the library stairs when she heard noises that “sounded like balloons” popping. “My worst nightmare actually came true,” she said later as she left a nearby park with her father. She said a student burst into the room saying he’d seen the gunman, and her classmates were stunned into silence. However, the police department is sharing real-time information on their Twitter feed.Shauna Orandi, 16, said she was in her Spanish class doing homework when she heard four gunshots that she initially mistook as instruments from a band class. HollywoodLife has reached out to local law enforcement for further details. Multiple people are believed to be injured. Students led by officers single file out of Saugus High School as a shooting was reported at the campus in Santa Clarita, CA. Bob Boese of the LA County Sheriff’s Department told NBC. “We have multiple victims down,” said Sgt. Neighboring elementary schools were also locked down, according to the Santa Clarita Sheriff’s Station, but merely as a precaution. The local sheriff’s station had advised people, via Twitter, to stay out of the area while they were on the hunt for the shooter. Saugus High School is located 30-40 miles north of Los Angeles in Santa Clarita, California. Once the shooting began, students in classrooms immediately began blocking doors with tables and chairs, locking themselves in for over an hour and waiting in silence. The suspect is described as a 16-year-old Asian male who was dressed in black and entered the school before 8:00 AM local time and opened fire in the quad area of the school as students were about to begin first-period classes. UPDATE: 11/14/19, 11:54 AM ET - The Associated Press confirmed via authorities that at least six people have been injured during the shooting, 3 of whom are in critical condition at Henry Mayo Hospital.
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One female patient has been confirmed dead via Henry Mayo Hospital’s Twitter account. UPDATE: 11/14/19, 12:41 PM ET - LA County sheriff Alex Villanueva tweeted that the suspect, who is a student at Saugus High School is in custody and being treated at a local hospital after he shot himself. No word on the motive for why this happened. There were also two recent threats investigated at Saugus High School but neither were connected to this incident. The suspect is listed in grave condition and his girlfriend and mother are with police. The others four were transported to local hospitals. 45 caliber semi-automatic pistol during the incident where he shot five others and them himself. A 911 call first took place at 7:38 local time before multiple other calls were made about the shooting.
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UPDATE: 11/14/19, 2:52 PM ET - Police confirmed that two students, a 16-year-old girl and a 14-year-old male, are dead during a media conference where new details emerged from the horrific tragedy.
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UPDATE: 11/14/19, 5:00 PM ET - A third student, a 14-year-old boy, has died, according to authorities.
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UPDATE: 11/15/19, 9:30 PM ET - The shooter, 16, is now dead after a self-inflicted wound. Authorities confirmed that a suspect is in custody hours after a shooting at Saugus High School in Santa Clarita, California broke out.