Santa Clarita shooting: 2 teens killed; attack came on suspect’s birthday, officials say – By Hannah Fry, Richard Winton, Alejandra Reyes-Velarde (LA Times) / Nov 14 2019
Two students were killed and three other teens wounded in a shooting at Saugus High School in Santa Clarita on Thursday morning, authorities said.
The violence broke out just after 7:30 a.m., when students at the school were scheduled to be in their first-period classes. Los Angeles County Sheriff Alex Villanueva said the department got a call at 7:38 a.m. Two minutes later, he said, sheriff’s deputies arrived at the school and found six students, including the suspected shooter, with gunshot wounds.
Paramedics swarmed the campus, treating the wounded, while deputies, a SWAT team and federal officials searched nearby neighborhoods for a 16-year-old boy they thought had fled after the shooting. Authorities later said the suspect, identified by neighbors and sheriff’s officials as Nathaniel Berhow, was found on campus with a self-inflicted gunshot wound to the head and was taken to a hospital.
Sheriff’s Capt. Kent Wegener said the teen was standing in the quad when he pulled a .45-caliber handgun from his backpack and opened fire on other students before turning the gun on himself. It was the suspect’s 16th birthday, authorities said.
The scene at the school at 21900 Centurion Way was chaotic, with teenagers walking in a line behind armed law enforcement officials with their arms raised in the air immediately after the shooting. Many of the injured were treated in a grassy area on campus before being placed on gurneys and taken to ambulances in the school’s parking lot.
Two students, a 16-year-old girl and a 14-year-old boy, died after reaching a hospital. A 15-year-old girl, a 14-year-old girl and a 14-year-old boy were being treated for their injuries. One of the teens, who was originally listed in good condition, was released from the hospital in the afternoon.
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