shooting at Calif. high school

[cal_junior]

Three people were shot at Gardena High School on Wednesday morning, according to police.

The shooting occurred at about 10:30 a.m. on the campus on the 1300 W. 182nd St. The condition of the victims was not known, and it's unclear what sparked the violence.

Lt. Steve Prendergast said officers were on the scene investigating what happen. The school was placed on lockdown.

It's unclear whether the victims or the suspect were students. The gunman is still at large.

[Updated at 11:13 a.m.: TV footage police cars and fire engines lined up in front of the school and one victim being take out to a waiting ambulance.

Police helicopters were searching the area for the suspect, who fled from the high school on foot.

A source confirmed both the suspect and at least one of the victims were students.]

[Ibleedburgundy]

Oh man that's scary that they don't have the guy yet.

[cal_junior]

Update: CNN saying the suspect is in custody and it looks like this might have been an accident.

[Biggie]

Accident or not, why did he have a gun?

[justinskins]

Update: CNN saying the suspect is in custody and it looks like this might have been an accident.

What the hell kind of "accident" shoots three people at a high school???

[WarEagle]

Accident or not, why did he have a gun?

Heard the school is a gangs nest and the thug brought a gun inside his backpack, and gun went off when he dropped said backpack.

[Death_Venom]

Heard the school is a gangs nest and the thug brought a gun inside his backpack, and gun went off when he dropped said backpack.

According to the local news this kind of violence has happened before in 2002. Nothing really new to the area, not exactly the garden of Eden.

[cal_junior]

Sounds like even now they aren't 100 percent sure how the gun went off.

A girl ended up shot in the head and had surgery today to treat a skull fracture and brain trauma. A boy was shot in the neck and is stable.

Police think it's possible both were hit by the same bullet.

[hail2skins]

what link was being used for this story?

[cal_junior]

what link was being used for this story?

My bad. Those first reports came from here:

http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/lanow/2011/01/3-shot-at-gardena-high-school-gunman-still-at-large.html

[Toadslayer]

Wow, very unfortunate accident.

[hail2skins]

Now they're saying the school didn't follow policy with random checks. Simply horrible.

[WarEagle]

My public high school (late 70's) down here had a rifle club that had its own page in the yearbook. Man, that was a long time ago.

[Death_Venom]

Also in the local news (tv) the High School claimed to have metal detectors, which was quickly disputed in on-camera interviews with a couple students that attend the school.