Four Injured in US California's School ShootingOne 18-year-old suspect who perpetrated the Thursday school shooting in a Californian high school was wounded and taken into custody by police, local TV station reports said.At least four people, including two male students, were reportedly wounded when the suspect got out of a car at Granite Hills High School in El Cajon, near San Diego, and opened fire with a shotgun, the San Diego TV station KGTV reported. Student witnesses told reporters that he fired at least eight shots and reloaded a second time. There are 2,800 people in the school. EL Cajon police said the suspect was shot in the face and buttocks by policemen and was undergoing emergency surgery in a local hospital. The suspect is believed to be a former student who graduated from the school last year. None of the injuries of the two victims is life-threatening, police said. Police found out about the shooting when it received an " officer needs help" call, police said. There were two policemen at the campus at the time of shooting, and they immediately engaged the gunmen and wounded him. The cause of the shooting remained unknown. The Granite Hills High School is just nine miles away from the Santana High School, where two people were killed and 13 others wounded early the month in a shooting rampage by a male student. |
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