Multiple victims reported in shooting at California high school

Upon arriving at the scene, police found six gunshot victims in the quad area of the high school. It was later determined that one of those injured was the gunman, a 16-year-old Asian male.

Police said he pulled out a semi-automatic pistol from his backpack and began firing before shooting himself in the head.

The suspect is in custody and is being treated at a local hospital. A 16-year-old female victim and a 14-year-old male victim died at the hospital while being treated in the wake of the shooting.

Classes had not yet begun at the time of the shooting, so the campus was not completely full.

A number of students were seen being wheeled out of the school on gurneys and put into ambulances. Students were seen in aerial footage being led out of the school with their arms in the air as police with rifles stood by.

All schools in the area were placed on lockdown after the shooting, and area roads were temporarily closed.

Police were still clearing students from classrooms as of 8:45 a.m. local time.

“My daughter’s still in the band room. They’ve got a policeman with them,” parent Brian Skiba told CBS2. “They’re still in lockdown. They’re only clearing it classroom by classroom.”

“She heard the shots as well, she was in the quad where it started and ran to the band room and locked the door behind her and told everybody to get down,” Skiba added.

“LASD has a large response, which includes SWAT. Our mission is to not only locate and arrest the suspect but protect others from harm,” Undersheriff Tim Murakami said. “Please pray for the recovery of the victims and the safety of the responding deputies.”

Two months before Thursday’s shooting, six students in the school district were arrested on felony criminal threat charges. Authorities were notified by a staff member who discovered social media posts “regarding committing acts of school violence.”

It isn’t clear if the threats or the students involved are connected to the shooting.