LAUSD Officer Shot at High School in Woodland Hills
 A person fitting the suspect's description could be seen sitting in a squad car. (KTLA.com) |
WOODLAND HILLS, CA - An LAUSD officer has been shot and wounded on the campus of El Camino High School.
Aerials from the scene show the officer being loaded into an ambulance and being transported to Northridge Hospital Medical Center.
The officer was shot while sitting in his car at Manton Ave and Burbank Blvd, east of the high school campus.
According to LAUSD Spokesman Robert Alaniz, the officer was shot in the chest, but he was wearing a protective vest.
He was conscious and talking when he arrived at the hospital.
The suspect was described as a white male with light brown shoulder-length hair wearing a dark bomber jacket and blue jeans armed with a semi-automatic handgun.
The LAPD says a number of people have been detained for questioning, but that no arrests have been made.
El Camino Real High, nearby Hale Middle, Miguel Leonis High School, Woodlake Avenue Elementary and Welby Way Elementary schools are on lockdown.
Police stress no students were involved.
This is the second shooting on or near an Los Angeles Unified school campus in as many days.
On Tuesday, two students were wounded after a gun in a backpack fired at Gardena High School.
Aerials from the scene show the officer being loaded into an ambulance and being transported to Northridge Hospital Medical Center.
The officer was shot while sitting in his car at Manton Ave and Burbank Blvd, east of the high school campus.
According to LAUSD Spokesman Robert Alaniz, the officer was shot in the chest, but he was wearing a protective vest.
He was conscious and talking when he arrived at the hospital.
The suspect was described as a white male with light brown shoulder-length hair wearing a dark bomber jacket and blue jeans armed with a semi-automatic handgun.
The LAPD says a number of people have been detained for questioning, but that no arrests have been made.
El Camino Real High, nearby Hale Middle, Miguel Leonis High School, Woodlake Avenue Elementary and Welby Way Elementary schools are on lockdown.
Police stress no students were involved.
This is the second shooting on or near an Los Angeles Unified school campus in as many days.
On Tuesday, two students were wounded after a gun in a backpack fired at Gardena High School.
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