A 13-year-old girl inside a Westlake District classroom where two students were shot, and three others were injured Thursday morning let her sister know she was OK by sending text messages following the shooting.
Police respond to a shooting at Sal Castro Middle School on Feb. 1, 2018. (Credit: KTLA)
The shots rang out about 8:55 a.m. at Sal Castro Middle School and Jocelyn Lopez says her younger sister, a 13-year-old 7th grader, was sitting right next to two of the people who were shot.
In her texts, Lopez’s younger sister let her know that she was fine, but she had “just heard something pop inside the classroom.”
That’s when everybody started to panic, the sister told Lopez.
“It was really close to her,” Lopez said. “Not even the school’s safe … it’s just bad,” she added when asked her thoughts about what took place.
The suspect, a female student, is in custody.
A 15-year-old boy was shot in the head and hospitalized in critical but stable condition, according to Capt. Erik Scott of the Los Angeles Fire Department. The female victim had a gunshot wound to her wrist and was in fair condition.
The other injuries were caused by “peripheral stuff,” said Los Angeles School Police Department Chief Steven Zipperman.
Another person outside the school said his sister was still in lockdown inside the gymnasium.
“It’s really heartbreaking to me to hear that some kids got shot,” he said, adding that he attended the school himself a couple of years ago.
Family members could be seen crowding outside the school trying to get word from authorities about their loved ones.
One woman said that officers told them they were still trying to determine where and when the students would possibly be released.
Officials later determined the regular school day would resume following the shooting, the school police chief announced during a news conference.
from KTLA http://ift.tt/2DStSqF
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