TAFT, Calif. (AP) — A 16-year-old student armed with a shotgun walked into class in a rural California high school on Thursday and shot one student, fired at another and missed, and then was talked into surrendering by a teacher and another staff member, officials said.

The teen victim was in critical but stable condition, Kern County Sheriff Donny Youngblood told a news conference. The sheriff said the teacher at Taft Union High School suffered a minor pellet wound to the head and declined treatment.

Recommended Stories

Obama and Slotkin’s selective defense of American ideals

The military’s $1 billion drone plan to take on China — and how it hopes it never has to use them

Israeli conservative parties lose last-ditch bid to extend voting as election sees record turnout