Two Killed in California School ShootingTwo people were killed and 13 others wounded Monday in a high school shooting near San Diego, California, according to latest reports from the city.The shooting took place at Santana High School in Santee, California, northeast of San Diego, at about 9:25 a.m. (12:25 p.m. EST) inside the social sciences building at the school. A suspect, who fellow students say is a ninth-grade male student, is in custody, the CNN reported. He reportedly had threatened to shoot someone at the school before. The shooting reportedly resulted from a fight in the boy's restroom. Student John Sharp said the gunman was smiling as he emerged from the restroom and opened fire with a long barrel handgun. "The student who was shooting came out, fired his weapon a few more times and went back in," he said. "The student stayed in the restroom until the police came, and they had guns drawn. It was quite a scene." Lt. Glenn Revelle of the San Diego Sheriff's Department said there were at least 15 victims, two of them were a school security guard and a counselor. Witnesses said there was a mess when the shooting occurred. "I heard gunfire and then I heard people screaming and everyone was running in, like, a big crowd," a panicked student told local reporters. Alicia Zimmer, also a student, said that she saw a boy lying face down on the floor, a girl with blood on her arm and another with blood on her hands. Zimmer said that she heard shots but didn't see a shooter. " They sounded more like a capgun," she said of the noise. Sharp said he photographed the incident and another student videotaped the carnage -- material that has since been confiscated by authorities. He described the scene as "complete chaos. Everyone scrambled." Panicked students were evacuated to the parking lot and a nearby shopping center. A helicopter and a team of medics and psychologists were rushed to the school after the police received a call to report the shooting. |
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