California school shooting: One shot at high school in Taft
Police on the scene of a shooting at Union High School in Taft, California January 10, 2013.
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Posted: 01/10/2013
TAFT, Calif. - One student has been shot at high school in California.
Kern County sheriff's spokesman Ray Pruitt also says a suspect is in custody and is believed to be a student.
Initial reports indicated two people were shot.
The shooting was reported at Taft Union High School around 9 a.m. PT Thursday.
The sheriff's spokesman says the wounded student was flown to a hospital in Bakersfield.
Pruitt says it's believed a shotgun was used in the attack.
Taft is a community of about 7,000 some 120 miles northwest of Los Angeles
Our Scripps station in Bakersfield received phone calls from people inside the school who were hiding in closets.
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