2 Wounded In Shooting At Santee High School In Los Angeles

LOS ANGELES, CA — Santee High School in Los Angeles was placed on lockdown Thursday afternoon following a shooting on the outskirts of the campus that left a student injured. A second gunshot victim was found nearby and may have been related to the school shooting, according to police.

Two students were fighting when one pulled out a gun and shot the other, according to CBS2.The victim was shot in the leg and taken to a hospital with non-life- threatening injures after an n officer placed a tourniquet on the victim , according to a Los Angeles School Police Management Association statement and CBS2.

According to the Los Angeles School Police Department, the shooting occurred at about 2 p.m.at the school at 1921 Maple Ave., just south of the 10 Freeway and east of the 110.

Police established a perimeter around the school to search for the shooter described as a male with male with dark blue clothes and green shoes. Police said they did not know his identity, but described him as Hispanic with short, tapered hair and tattoos on an arm, dark blue clothes and green shoes. He was believed to have fled in a black sedan.

About half an hour later, another gunshot victim was found at nearby Maple Primary Center, on the corner of Maple and 36th Street. Police said it was related to the school shooting. The victim in that shooting was an adult, according to the news station.

No further details were released.

Santee High School and Maple Primary Center were taken off lockdown just before 3:10 p.m.

City News Service contributed to this report.