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Student shot another student with a shotgun at Taft (California) High School on Thursday morning, police say
Police: Suspect is in custody; wounded student airlifted to hospital
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[Updated at 2:19 p.m. ET] A student shot another student with a shotgun Thursday morning at a California high school, said Ray Pruitt of the Kern County Sheriff’s Department.
The shooting happened in the science building at Taft (California) High School near Bakersfield, Pruitt said. The wounded student was airlifted to a hospital, and a suspect is in custody, he said.
Earlier, the county’s fire department said two people were hurt, though it also said the second injured person had “minor” injuries and refused medical treatment.
Details of what led to the shooting weren’t immediately available. Pruitt said he didn’t know whether the shooting happened in a classroom. Law enforcement officers were going through the school to “make sure there no suspects outstanding,” Pruitt said.
Taft is about 25 miles southwest of Bakersfield and 100 miles northwest of Los Angeles.
[Initial post, 2:03 p.m. ET] Two people are hurt and a suspect is in custody following a shooting Thursday morning at a California high school, officials say.
The shooting happened at Taft (California) High School near Bakersfield, the Kern County Fire Department says. One person was transported to a medical center, and a second person – who is said to have suffered minor injuries – refused medical treatment, according to the fire department.
Kern County Sheriff’s Department officials were going room-by-room to secure the school, according to CNN affiliate KERO.
Students at the high school “have been evacuated to another area of the campus,” the fire department said on its Facebook page.
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