SANTA CLARITA, Kalifornia (PNN) - November 14, 2019 - Anxious parents are awaiting reunification with their children near a southern Kalifornia high school where authorities say a student opened fire, killing at least one person and wounding several others.
Students from Saugus High School in the city of Santa Clarita have been gathered in a park following the shooting early Thursday.
Los Angeles County Undersheriff Tim Murakami has tweeted an apology to the parents, saying investigators need to interview the students before they can be released.
Sheriff Alex Villanueva says the shooter is a student who is being treated at a hospital, but he has released no other details.
Henry Mayo Newhall Hospital says a girl died and two boys are in critical condition, while another boy is in good condition.
Los Angeles County Sheriff Alex Villanueva said the suspect in the Saugus High School shooting is in custody.
The sheriff says the suspect is a student and was one of several people taken to a hospital after the Thursday morning shooting and is alive.
Reports on the number of people injured has fluctuated.
School district spokesman Dave Caldwell said all campus lockdowns in the district have been lifted except for Saugus High.