Gardena High School parents will attend a meeting Wednesday to discuss safety in the **** of Tuesday's accidental shooting at the school.
School officials invited parents to a meeting Wednesday for a discussion about Tuesday's events. On Tuesday, two students were struck by a bullet that discharged from a *** that another student brought to school in a backpack, according to authorities.
Los Angeles police were looking for the missing backpack and bullet magazine clip late Tuesday night after a *** in 10th-grader's book bag accidentally discharged when he dropped the satchel, wounding two students at a Los Angeles high school, say police.
Tuesday evening, police booked the student who brought the backpack to school for assault with a deadly weapon and transported to him Los Padrinos Juvenile Hall in Downey.
Detectives told NBCLA late Tuesday night they did not have possession of the backpack used by the suspect to bring the 9-millimeter semi-automatic ****** to Gardena High School. Detectives said the bullet magazine clip used was also missing further adding to the mystery surrounding the shooting.
Authorities said a 15-year-old female victim suffered a gunshot wound to the head and was taken to Harbor-UCLA Medical Center, where she underwent emergency surgery and was listed in critical condition. Doctors told NBCLA that although the bullet did not pass through her skull "significant signs of traumatic brain injury" where evident when she arrived at the emergency room.
Dr. James Ausman of Harbor-UCLA Medical Center said a brain scan conducted after surgery showed that "everything at this point, at least radiologically, looks good."
Doctors said they would have a better idea of her chances for recovery Wednesday, saying they would be looking to see if she could move her arms and legs.
A 15-year-old boy suffered a gunshot wound to the neck, and he was hospitalized in fair condition. The boy did not need surgery.
Authorities said one round was discharged from the ***.
"The round from that *** hit both of the students," said Asst. LAPD Chief Pat Gannon.
"The person that's responsible for this particular shooting came into a classroom, it appears set a backpack down on a desk and a *** that was inside that backpack discharged," Los Angeles police Deputy Chief Patrick Gannon said.
The boy who brought the *** was apprehended, Gardena High School Principal Rudy Mendoza told the Associated Press.
Numerous *************** agencies responded to the shooting at the 2,400-student campus located in the city of Los Angeles adjacent to the city of Gardena.
Student Jacob Britton said he heard gunfire.
"I saw everybody running from the area, and I heard the gunshots -- at least two of them -- and then I heard the screams," said the student. "Teachers ran out and told us to run to the closest classroom."
Police said the weapon was recovered, and the student was arrested shortly before noon in a classroom that was filled with students and one teacher.
The shooting was reported at 10:30 a.m. at the campus at 1301 W. 182nd St., according to the Los Angeles Fire Department. Gardena police Lt. Steve Prendergast said a teacher called 911 to report the shooting.
At about noon, officers began escorting groups of students out of the building.
More than 3,000 ******** and teachers were at the campus, and they were held on lockdown until early afternoon, when parents were advised to go to the gate at Normandie Avenue and 178th Street to pick up their ********. Parents were notified of the shooting through an automatic phone message system, police said.
Los Angeles Unified School District (LAUSD) police Chief Steve Zipperman said students and teachers were interviewed, and grief counselors were sent to the campus.
LAUSD announced in an e-mail to NBCLA Tuesday evening "Gardena High School will be open and is expected to operate on a normal schedule on Wednesday, Jan. 19, the day after a shooting on that campus. The first bell rings at 7:53 a.m." School district spokewoman Susan Cox said an 8 p.m. Wednesday parent meeting about the shooting was scheduled to take place at Gardena High School.
It was unclear how the student got the backpack onto the campus, where metal detectors are manned by school staff, not police. There was an armed school police officer on campus when the shooting occurred, Zipperman said.
Asked if the weapon was cocked, which might explain why it went off, Zipperman said, "In the issue of a *** that accidentally discharges, it would have to be an automatic weapon instead of a ********. It was an automatic, although I do not have the make."
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School officials invited parents to a meeting Wednesday for a discussion about Tuesday's events. On Tuesday, two students were struck by a bullet that discharged from a *** that another student brought to school in a backpack, according to authorities.
Los Angeles police were looking for the missing backpack and bullet magazine clip late Tuesday night after a *** in 10th-grader's book bag accidentally discharged when he dropped the satchel, wounding two students at a Los Angeles high school, say police.
Tuesday evening, police booked the student who brought the backpack to school for assault with a deadly weapon and transported to him Los Padrinos Juvenile Hall in Downey.
Detectives told NBCLA late Tuesday night they did not have possession of the backpack used by the suspect to bring the 9-millimeter semi-automatic ****** to Gardena High School. Detectives said the bullet magazine clip used was also missing further adding to the mystery surrounding the shooting.
Authorities said a 15-year-old female victim suffered a gunshot wound to the head and was taken to Harbor-UCLA Medical Center, where she underwent emergency surgery and was listed in critical condition. Doctors told NBCLA that although the bullet did not pass through her skull "significant signs of traumatic brain injury" where evident when she arrived at the emergency room.
Dr. James Ausman of Harbor-UCLA Medical Center said a brain scan conducted after surgery showed that "everything at this point, at least radiologically, looks good."
Doctors said they would have a better idea of her chances for recovery Wednesday, saying they would be looking to see if she could move her arms and legs.
A 15-year-old boy suffered a gunshot wound to the neck, and he was hospitalized in fair condition. The boy did not need surgery.
Authorities said one round was discharged from the ***.
"The round from that *** hit both of the students," said Asst. LAPD Chief Pat Gannon.
"The person that's responsible for this particular shooting came into a classroom, it appears set a backpack down on a desk and a *** that was inside that backpack discharged," Los Angeles police Deputy Chief Patrick Gannon said.
The boy who brought the *** was apprehended, Gardena High School Principal Rudy Mendoza told the Associated Press.
Numerous *************** agencies responded to the shooting at the 2,400-student campus located in the city of Los Angeles adjacent to the city of Gardena.
Student Jacob Britton said he heard gunfire.
"I saw everybody running from the area, and I heard the gunshots -- at least two of them -- and then I heard the screams," said the student. "Teachers ran out and told us to run to the closest classroom."
Police said the weapon was recovered, and the student was arrested shortly before noon in a classroom that was filled with students and one teacher.
The shooting was reported at 10:30 a.m. at the campus at 1301 W. 182nd St., according to the Los Angeles Fire Department. Gardena police Lt. Steve Prendergast said a teacher called 911 to report the shooting.
At about noon, officers began escorting groups of students out of the building.
More than 3,000 ******** and teachers were at the campus, and they were held on lockdown until early afternoon, when parents were advised to go to the gate at Normandie Avenue and 178th Street to pick up their ********. Parents were notified of the shooting through an automatic phone message system, police said.
Los Angeles Unified School District (LAUSD) police Chief Steve Zipperman said students and teachers were interviewed, and grief counselors were sent to the campus.
LAUSD announced in an e-mail to NBCLA Tuesday evening "Gardena High School will be open and is expected to operate on a normal schedule on Wednesday, Jan. 19, the day after a shooting on that campus. The first bell rings at 7:53 a.m." School district spokewoman Susan Cox said an 8 p.m. Wednesday parent meeting about the shooting was scheduled to take place at Gardena High School.
It was unclear how the student got the backpack onto the campus, where metal detectors are manned by school staff, not police. There was an armed school police officer on campus when the shooting occurred, Zipperman said.
Asked if the weapon was cocked, which might explain why it went off, Zipperman said, "In the issue of a *** that accidentally discharges, it would have to be an automatic weapon instead of a ********. It was an automatic, although I do not have the make."
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