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Pre-teen Girl Shoots Five People in Los Angeles

© AP Photo / Nick UtLos Angeles police officers investigate a shooting in South Central Los Angles on Monday, Dec. 29, 2014
Los Angeles police officers investigate a shooting in South Central Los Angles on Monday, Dec. 29, 2014 - Sputnik International
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WASHINGTON (Sputnik) - A 12-year-old female student shot five individuals, one of whom is in critical condition, at a school in California, Los Angeles Fire Department Public Information Officer Erick Scott said during a press conference.

"Ultimately, there’s been a total of five that were injured, so we had a 15-year-old male that suffered a gunshot wound to the head that we placed in critical yet stable condition," Scott said on Thursday. "We also had a 15-year-old female that suffered a gunshot wound to the wrist and we’re placing in fair condition."

The other three individuals suffered abrasions, Scott told reporters. The injured, a boy and a girl aged 15, were taken to hospital. The boy was reportedly in a critical but stable condition after he was hit in the head by a bullet.

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The suspected shooter is in police custody, a Los Angeles Police Department official said. The alleged gunman used a semi-automatic weapon, he added.

The investigation into the shooting, which occurred Thursday morning at Sal Castro Middle School, is ongoing, authorities said. However, the shooting at a Los Angeles school is believed to be an accident, a police official told a local broadcaster. A 12-year-old girl was detained at Sal Castro Middle School on charges of negligent discharge of a firearm on school grounds, the official told ABC Eyewitness News.

The outlet interviewed a seventh-grader who was in the classroom when the incident occurred. He said students thought it was a toy gun. The girl "didn’t mean" to shoot, the boy was quoted as saying.

Los Angeles incident became a second US school shooting in less than two weeks.

On January 23, two students were killed in a school shooting in the US state of Kentucky by a 15-year-old classmate.

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