California –-(Ammoland.com)- California gun laws have failed to protect its citizens once again at a California high school 40 minutes outside Los Angeles.
On Thursday morning, 20 minutes before classes started, a 16-year old student entered Saugus High School in Santa Clarita on his birthday, pulled a .45 caliber handgun, and opened fire on his classmate. Sources tell AmmoLand it was a 1911, but the make is unknown. AmmoLand will not be naming the murderer in this article since studies show the seeking of fame plays at least some part in school killings.
The killer fired the pistol one time before it jammed. He was able to clear the jam and continued to fire on students hitting five of the fleeing teens. When he had a single round left in the chamber he turned the pistol on himself and attempted to commit suicide. A 14-year old boy and a 16-year old girl passed away after being rushed to the hospital
Three off duty officers who were dropping their children off at school were the first on the scene. They found six students with gunshot wounds in the quad area of the school. The first call from the school came into 911 at 7:38 AM.
Emergency first responders transported three other students to the hospital by ambulance. Police found the killer still alive in the quad, and EMS crews also rushed him to the hospital. Doctors listed the murderer as in critical condition immediately after the incident.
Los Angeles County Sheriff Alex Villanueva wasted no time to exploit the tragedy by invoking images of Columbine, Parkland, and Sandy Hook on CNN as Anderson Cooper swooped in like a vulture.
“With a heavy heart, we’re going to move on with the investigation and figure out what went wrong,” the sheriff said. “I hate to have Saugus be added to the names of Columbine, Parkland, Sandy Hook, but it’s a reality that affects us all throughout the nation — something that we’re going to have to figure out.”
Accord to Sheriff Villanueva, the killer, posted what in hindsight was a foreboding message on his Instagram account the night before the attack, which someone has since changed.
“I also want to acknowledge a posting on the bio of what we believe to be the subject’s Instagram account,” he said. “It says underneath his pseudonym: ‘Saugus have fun at school tomorrow.’ “
There are rumors that the student issued online threats through his social media accounts. Although authorities haven’t been able to confirm the rumors, they are investigating the claims since the changing of the killer’s Instagram account shows someone else has access to his social media and could be scrubbing it clean of evidence or motives.
Law enforcement is investigating who else has access to the killer’s social media accounts and want to see why they made the edits. The FBI does not believe the killer was a part of a group or ideology. They also think that there were not any co-conspirators involved in the planning of the attack.
Democrats took to Twitter to blame the NRA for the shooting. Longshot presidential candidate, Cory Booker, who is currently polling at only 2%, attacked the gun-rights group before the situation was even under control.
“My heart goes out to the students, teachers and parents in Santa Clarita,” Booker Tweeted. “Thank you to the first responders and law enforcement who are still on the scene. We don’t have to accept our children being terrorized by guns. We demand gun safety. We need to bring a fight to the NRA.”
The two murdered students also do not appear to have any connection to the killer. The hospital listed the murderer’s condition as grave. As of yet, authorities do not have a motive for the attack.
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Very sad to hear of another shooting at a school. The loss of life is still a concern, as there were some students that lost their lives needlessly. California with its very strict gun laws didn’t prevent this shooting form occurring. A 16 year old was the shooter, he tried to kill himself after shooting the victims, and it didn’t work. I read in my newspaper today that law enforcement didn’t find any manifesto, diary, or a note belonging to the shooter with a motive for his actions. A reason why the shooter did this is unknown at this time,… Read more »
Three Off-Duty Officers were onsite dropping off their kids at school…but were they armed? Is it a “Gun Free Zone”? Off Duty Police Officers are not allowed to be armed in “Gun Free Zones”? So what saved more lives was that the shooter ran out of ammunition, not the Unarmed Off Duty Police Officers in the Gun Free School Zone?
That’s right, blame the NRA for this shooting. How about the shooter’s mental health condition… Will useless Cory Booker mention that? Let’s face it, the liberals in California and those in Congress are not about to suggest that we get to the real issues. Blame law-abiding gun owners for the crimes of the sick and those with hostile motives. They are all useless.
You can’t legislate morality. It doesn’t work, it never has and it never will. Still, there are two dead young people and four more wounded including the shooter. With all the anti gun laws in communist californiacation, how did this still happen? What would make a teen age kid think it was OK to murder his fellow students and then turn the gun on himself? Video games? Was he bullied? Was he sick in the head? How many laws did he break in getting a hand gun, going to a gun free zone, attempted murder, murder and attempted suicide? He… Read more »
Blame the NRA? That’s like blaming NASCAR for all the idiots speeding and crashing on the highways. . . Hmmm
@wjd – Last I heard, there are big pushes for them here. For now logic has prevailed, but we are at risk and need to stay vigilant in order to block them at state level.
With trump in office, we remain at risk for federal ERPO laws – those could be tougher to block.