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Students are escorted off of campus following a shooting at Saugus High School on Thursday.[/caption]
Santa Clarita (US), Nov. 15 (PTI/AP): Authorities say the biography on an Instagram account believed to belong to the gunman who killed two students at his California high school said, Saugus, have fun at school tomorrow.
Los Angeles County sheriff's officials say the message was posted Thursday morning but it's unclear when. They say it was later removed, and they don't know who made the change.
Authorities say off-duty officers whose children went to Saugus High School in Santa Clarita were the first on scene and provided first aid to the victims.
A 16-year-old student shot five classmates and then himself. It's unclear if they had any relationship, and a motive is unknown. The shooter is in grave condition.
The FBI says there's no reason to believe he was acting on behalf of a group or ideology or that there were any conspirators.
A school administrator says lockdown procedures appear to have been followed properly during a shooting that left two students dead at a Southern California high school.
Los Angeles County sheriff's officials say a 16-year-old student shot five classmates and then himself in a quad area of Saugus High School Thursday morning. The motive is unknown.
Collyn Nielson with the William S. Hart Union High School District says initial reports indicate teachers and students knew what to do and immediately barricaded themselves in classrooms, turned out lights and hid.
Nielson says schools hold lockdown drills three times a year. He says in addition to one sheriff's deputy Saugus High School has nine campus supervisors who act as security guards. There are a dozen security cameras and no metal detectors.
Authorities say a second victim of a Los Angeles area high school shooting has died.
Los Angeles County Sheriff Alex Villanueva says a 14-year-old boy died at a hospital. Earlier, a 16-year-old girl died from the shooting at Saugus High School in the city of Santa Clarita.
Authorities say a student gunman shot five students and then himself around 7:30 a.m. in a school quad. His .45-caliber handgun was found with no bullets remaining when it was recovered.
The three surviving victims remain hospitalized. The shooter is in grave condition.
Authorities say a 16-year-old girl died in a shooting at a Los Angeles area high school Los Angeles County Sheriff Alex Villanueva says the 16-year-old shooter pulled a gun from his backpack and shot five other students before shooting himself.
The other victims are 15 and 14-year-old girls and two boys, both 14.