Richard Blumenthal

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Two students at the age of 16 and 14, were killed and three others injured by a gunman who opened fire at a school in California, officials say.

The Victims died in a short, 16-second gun attack shortly before classes began on Thursday at Saugus High School in Santa Clarita , North of Los Angeles .

The Attack came on 16. Birthday The Suspect 's name is, the American media, as a fellow student Nathaniel Berhow.

The Suspect shot himself in The Head and died a few hours later.

No motive has been established so far, to say with the police, the attacks "remains a mystery".

students and language teachers, as they barricaded themselves in the class conducting an active shooter drill rooms in the midst of the chaotic scenes -that many schools have implemented in recent years, after the deadly attacks across the country.

What do we know about The Shooting ?

It was first reported at 07:38 local time (15:38 GMT) on Thursday, the LA county sheriff Alex Villanueva said, adding that the police were on The Scene within two minutes.

The Suspect was standing in The School yard when he took a 45-caliber semi-automatic pistol from his backpack and opened fire for about 16 seconds, before he Sheriff ' s Captain Kent Wegener said The Gun on himself.

"He fires where he is. He doesn't have nobody to hunt. He's not moving," Capt Wegener said.

the students barricaded themselves in classrooms under an active shooter drill for More Than an hour to determine when the police tried whether The Gunman was still at large.

the officers found six people with gunshot wounds, and transferred to local hospitals. The Suspect was later identified as one of those injured.

What do we know about the victim?

not released The Names of those who died still. You were a 16-year-old girl and a 14-year-old boy.

The three injured, also unnamed, were two girls aged 14 and 15, and a 14-year-old boy. They are All In a stable condition.

All of the Saugus High School attended.

The Suspect was said to be no known connection to The Victims , Capt Wegener.

What has been revealed about The Gunman ?

The Attack came The Suspect 's 16th Birthday .

The FBI said it appeared he had acted alone and was not associated with a particular group or ideology.

The Associated Press quoted a classmate, Brooke Risley, as I said, The Suspect was introverted, but "naturally clever", adding that he had a girlfriend and was a boy scout.

the AP said The Boy lived locally, in a modest house, and his father died two years ago. A neighbor reported Reuters had fought The Boy with the death of his father.

investigators through the house searched, and interviewed The Boy 's mother and girlfriend.

There were no initial indications that he was bullied in school.

There have been reports of an Instagram-posting to say," Saugus have fun in school tomorrow", but it was later, the account was discovered in the possession of The Suspect .

As students and parents react?

A student told NBC she was doing her homework, when to run, people began to. "I was really, really scared. I was shaking," She Said .

Another student, with the name, such as Azalea, told CBS that had you and your classmates, barricaded the classroom door with chairs. "It was really scary that all the panic and call you to tell your parents, they love you. "

teacher Katie Holt told NBC she was huddled in her office with 30 students, when a girl ran, and said she had been shot and killed. Ms the injury is dressed up so well you could pressure with your gunshot-wound-kit, with a fellow student.

There were emotional reunions, as soon as the lockout was lifted.

Jeff Turner , 58, told the New York Times, he found his daughter, Micah, upset and crying.

"you said, 'I don't feel guilty that I have to stay and help the people who were shot,'" he said. "And that was The Thing , the break me into tears. "

How much security there is in Saugus?

The School has an unarmed sheriff's Deputy and nine "campus supervisor" with guard training, district administrator, Collyn Nielson told the Associated Press .

There are A Number of security cameras, but no metal detectors, and lockdown drills held Three Times a year.

How was the reaction of the officials?

the news of The Attack emerged during a Senate debate on Gun Control legislation. Senator Richard Blumenthal , a Democrat, with the argument for Gun Control , if he has a piece of paper with the message.

"We are complicit, if we act," he said. "It is not only a political responsibility, it is a moral imperative. "

Acting Homeland Security Secretary Chad Wolf said in a statement that his Department took The School -shootings "very seriously" and would help The Authorities "to develop training and resources to improve responsiveness and better protection of soft targets".

Gun Control , and The Right to bear arms is a divisive political issue in the United States. Over 40% of Americans say they own a gun or live in a household with a, after 2017, a survey, and the rate of homicide by firearms in the country is the highest in the developed world.

According to the Washington Post, More Than 230,000 Young People in the U.S. have experienced gun violence in school since the Columbine High School massacre in Colorado in 1999.

The U.S. magazine, Education Week, the listing of school shootings since 2018. It says.

There were 24 such incidents in the past year, but the accident death toll was higher, at 114. The 17 people includes killed, in the deadliest incident

US school shootings

K12 (kindergarten to year 12, approximately ages between 5-18)

Figures for 2019 as of 15 November source: Education Week

a separate methodology, said Saugus stage, the 85-incident shots fired at a school this year, but includes those where there is no victim.

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Source of news: bbc.com