A student at Highland High School in Palmdale was wounded Friday in a shooting at the campus, and a 14-year-old boy who is also a student was taken into custody, authorities said.
Deputies went to Highland High School in the 39000 block of 25th Street West in Palmdale about 7 a.m. in response to a report of a man with a gun and detained the teen at the scene, said sheriff’s Capt. Darren Harris. A weapon believed used in the crime was seized by authorities.
The wounded student suffered an arm wound, Harris said. He was driven to a hospital less than two miles away in a vehicle that had just brought a girl to the campus, according to broadcast reports.
Authorities also went to an elementary school in the area amid a report of shots fired but found no evidence of a crime there, the sheriff’s department reported.
Authorities went to the high school according to the sheriff’s department.
About 7:30 a.m., calls were received of “shots fired” heard near the campus of Manzanita a Elementary School in the 38600 block of 33rd Street East, the sheriff’s department reported. About 8:35 a.m., the sheriff’s department reported that “no evidence of a crime” was found at the elementary school and declared the campus was secured.
About 9 a.m., the sheriff’s department reported that the high school was secured.