Two reported shot at California high school

By Vignesh Ramachandran

Updated at 2:25 p.m. ET: At least two people were shot at Taft Union High School in California's southern San Joaquin Valley on Thursday morning, NBCLosAngeles.com reported, citing a local fire department.

The incident happened around 9 a.m. local time and students were evacuated to the football field, NBC affiliate KGET of Bakersfield reported. The local sheriff's department told KGET a student came onto campus armed with a shotgun and shot another student, who is believed to have non-life-threatening injuries and was airlifted to the hospital.

The sheriff also told KGET a teacher, who was possibly grazed by a shotgun pellet, was taken from the scene, however the extent of injuries to the teacher is unknown.  The student suspect is in custody.  KGET reported that at least three ambulances and a medevac helicopter had been sent to the scene.  Taft police told NBC News that they are responding to the situation and the school is on lockdown. Deputies are conducting a room-to-room search, according to KGET.

The Kern County Sheriff's Department tells NBCLosAngeles.com the shooting happened on the second floor of a science building on campus.  Taft is in California's southern San Joaquin Valley, about 30 miles southwest from Bakersfield.  Thursday's shooting comes just a month after the Dec. 14 shooting at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Conn., which claimed the lives of 20 children and six adults and renewed a nationwide debate about gun control.  

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