Investigators seized unregistered firearms from the home of a teen who authorities say opened fire at Saugus High School on Thursday, killing two students, but officials are still trying to determine the origin of the handgun used in the deadly attack.
, killing two students, but officials are still trying to determine the origin of the handgun used in the deadly attack.carried out the violence at the Santa Clarita campus on his 16th birthday after being dropped off at school by his mother. School surveillance video reviewed by law enforcement shows a boy pulling a pistol from his backpack and opening fire in the quad, killing aand a 14-year-old boy and wounding three others in an attack that lasted 16 seconds.
These so-called “ghost guns” are unserialized weapons that are manufactured from parts that can be ordered through the mail or are machined parts acquired from underground makers. Deputy James Callahan, a school resource officer at Saugus, said he was on his way to campus when the shooter call went out Thursday. When he arrived minutes later, he rushed to help students wounded in the quad along with other off-duty law enforcement officers who were already rendering aid.
Rodriguez said she had to talk to the emotional support counselors at school, who told her she was suffering from acute post-traumatic stress disorder.“I’m thankful to be around family, and I’m happy that I am safe,” she said, “but I’m scared to go to school or large public areas now, and no one should have to feel like that.”
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