There have been at least two people shot at Taft Union High school in Taft, California Thursday morning. Fox News reported that the shooter is believed to be a student who had a shot gun that went into the school. The suspected shooter has been taken into custody by police.
Reportedly the two victims included a student and a teacher. Fox News reported that the Kern County Fire department said that one of the shooting victims refused to be treated at the scene while the other was taken to Kern County Medical Center. One of the victims was a student but their names and ages have not been released.
NBC News reported that the shooting happened at around 9 a.m. and the students at the school evacuated to the school's football field.
Taft Police said to NBC that they are responding to the scene and the school is on lockdown. NBCLosAngeles.com reported that the Kern County Sherrif's Department said that the shooitng happened at the science building on the second floor.
Taft is a small community of less than 10,000 people about 120 miles northwest of Los Angeles.
KERO-TV Bakersfield reported that the station got phone calls from people in the school who were hiding in closets.
This shooting, comes with shock, only a month after the tragic Dec. 14 shooting in Newtown, Connecticut at Sandy Hook Elementary School. 20 elementary school children and six adults were killed at Sandy Hook. The shooting prompted President Obama to say he would work towards new gun control efforts.
Senator Jean Fuller (R-Bakersfield) said in a statement:
"My thoughts and prayers are with the students, faculty, families and first responders at Taft Union High School this morning. At this moment, their safety and well-being is paramount.
Let me be absolutely clear. Violence directed at our children and teachers in schools is unacceptable.
Not more than a month ago, the nation turned its attention to the horrific violence that occurred in Newtown. As a local resident and community member, elected official and former educator, I know Taft well. It's a community also made up of proud and hard-working residents who send their children to schools to learn. "
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