TEHRAN, May 12 - Police in California arrested a 14-year-old boy in connection with a shooting at a high school near Los Angeles on Friday that left one hurt, the local sheriff's department and education officials said.
TEHRAN, Young Journalists Club (YJC) – The Los Angeles County Sheriff said the suspect had been detained near Highland High School in Palmdale, 40 miles (65 kilometers) north of downtown Los Angeles.
Both were students at the school.
"Deputies responded immediately to Palmdale shooting, arrest made, weapon found, active investigation underway. Reasonably sure threat is contained," department spokesman Jim McDonnell tweeted.
The suspect was a "male Hispanic juvenile," the sheriff's office said, later clarifying that the weapon was a rifle that was "recovered off campus."
The sheriff's office said a boy had been shot in the arm at the school and was in stable condition at a local hospital.
Local media reported that the victim, also 14, was wounded as he was getting out of the car that brought him to the campus.
Source: AFP
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