Shots spark panic at Palmdale school in Southern California
by Brittny Mejia, Alene Tchekmedyian and James Queally, Los Angeles Times
May 12, 2018
4 minutes
LOS ANGELES_The 911 calls poured in Friday morning, during zero period at Highland High School in Palmdale. Nearly 100 callers reported an incident on campus: There was a person with a gun, possibly holding hostages in the school library.
Eventually, it was determined that a 14-year-old former student who had recently transferred out had brought a rifle to the campus and fired about 10 rounds, at least some from a bathroom, authorities said.
One student was wounded. The 15-year-old is expected to fully recover, authorities said, and no one was held hostage in the library.
But the shooting sparked widespread panic and drew a massive law enforcement response to the
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