Detectives worked through the night to follow up on tips related to the shooting at Saugus High School in Santa Clarita, about 65km north of Los Angeles. All Hart District schools in Santa Clarita were closed on Friday, the Santa Clarita Valley Sheriff's office said on Twitter, out of respect for the victims and their families. At the Henry Mayo Hospital in Santa Clarita, authorities said a 14-year-old boy was treated and released. The scene at Saugus High School was reminiscent of other mass shootings at U.S. schools, including Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Florida, where a former student with an assault rifle killed 17 people on Feb. 14, 2018. It was the 85th incident of gunfire at a school this year, according to Everytown, a gun control advocacy group.

Source: Otago Daily Times November 15, 2019 21:22 UTC