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Two wounded in shooting at US high school

Updated on: 11 January,2013 10:46 AM IST |
Agencies |

In yet another shooting incident in the US, at least two people were shot today at a California high school while the suspected shooter, believed to be a student armed with a shotgun, was taken into custody

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Two people were shot at Taft High School in Bakersfield, Kern County, about 120km north of Los Angeles, officials said.u00a0

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Kern County Fire Department said one victim refused treatment at the scene and the other was transported to Kern County Medical Center, Fox News reported.u00a0

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The victims' ages were not immediately known. The ABC news reported that the station received phone calls from people inside Taft Union High School who were hiding in closets.

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The situation is said to be under control and students were evacuated to a football field. City manager's assistant Debra Elliott says the shooting was reported shortly after 9 am (local time). She did not provide further details.u00a0

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Taft is a city west of Bakersfield with a population of about 7,000.u00a0

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Reports of the latest shooting comes as the country debates gun control after the deadly shooting inside a Connecticut elementary school last month.u00a0

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Last month in a gruesome incident, a gunman had killed 26 people, including 20 first-graders, at the Sandy Hook Elementary School in Connecticut's Newtown.

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