1 dead, 3 others injured in shooting after graduation ceremony in California
COMES FIRST. LIVE FROM KCRA THREE NEWS. WE BEGIN WITH BREAKING NEWS. THAT BREAKING NEWS IS STILL UNFOLDING TONIGHT IN FAIRFIELD. ONE PERSON IS DEAD, THREE OTHERS INJURED AFTER A SHOOTING THAT BROKE OUT AT THE FAIRFIELD HIGH SCHOOL CAMPUS. THIS WAS JUST AFTER A GRADUATION CEREMONY FOR SEM YETO HIGH SCHOOL. NOW THAT’S A CONTINUATION HIGH SCHOOL THAT SHARES THE CAMPUS THERE. AT LAST CHECK, POLICE WERE STILL SHOOTING FOR THE SHOOTER OR SHOOTERS WITHIN THE PAST HOUR. LIVECOPTER3 CAPTURED THIS. OFFICERS COMBING FOR EVIDENCE IN THE PARKING LOT WHERE THAT SHOOTING TOOK PLACE. YOU CAN SEE THEM WALKING IN LINE WITH THEIR FLASHLIGHTS, LOOKING FOR ANY SIGN OF EVIDENCE OF THE CARNAGE THERE. LIVECOPTER3 ALSO CAPTURED THIS GRADUATION BALLOONS LEFT IN THE CAR THERE IN THE PARKING LOT. YOU WILL ALSO NOTICE A NUMBER OF EVIDENCE MARKERS. THERE WERE TWO CARS WE SAW THERE WITH EVIDENCE MARKERS, AND IT LOOKED LIKE BULLET HOLES IN THE WINDSHIELDS. WE SHOULD ALSO MENTION THEY HAVE A LOT OF SUPPORT THERE TONIGHT, INCLUDING THE ATF, ALCOHOL, TOBACCO AND FIREARMS CREWS ON THE SCENE HELPING THEM PROCESS EVIDENCE. LET’S GO TO SOME LIVE PICTURES FROM LIVECOPTER3 AND YOU CAN SEE THE EVIDENCE TAPE IS STILL UP. THE INVESTIGATION CONTINUES. HERE’S WHAT WE KNOW RIGHT NOW. AGAIN, THE GRADUATION WAS FOR SEM-YETO HIGH SCHOOL. THAT IS A CONTINUATION ALTERNATIVE SCHOOL THAT SHARES A CAMPUS THERE WITH FAIRFIELD HIGH SCHOOL. POLICE SAY THE SHOOTING HAPPENED IN THE PARKING LOT RIGHT AFTER THE GRADUATION CEREMONY. WITNESSES TELL US THAT THE ATTACK AGAIN HAPPENING THERE AFTER THEY HAD WOUND THINGS DOWN WITH THE CEREMONY, GRADUATING SOME 500 PLUS STUDENTS TONIGHT. AGAIN, WE KNOW FOUR PEOPLE WERE SHOT. ONE WAS KILLED. AND AGAIN, RIGHT NOW, NO ONE HAS BEEN ARRESTED AND POLICE HAVE NOT RELEASED ANY DESCRIPTION YET. OF THE SUSPECTS. WE WANT TO GIVE YOU A LIVE LOOK IN FAIRFIELD. WE ARE STANDING BY RIGHT NOW WAITING FOR AN UPDATE FROM FAIRFIELD POLICE. THAT LOOKS LIKE A REPORTER GOING LIVE THERE, BUT STILL WAITING FOR INFORMATION AND SOMEONE TO STEP UP TO THE PODIUM. YEAH, WE UNDERSTOOD THEY WERE GOING TO BE STARTING AROUND 11:00. OBVIOUSLY THAT HAS NOT HAPPENED AS OF YET. WE ARE MONITORING THIS AND UNTIL THEN, WE WANT TO BRING YOU IN ON OUR LIVE COVERAGE RIGHT NOW. GOING BACK TO LIVECOPTER3 OVER THE SCENE, SHOWING YOU WHAT’S HAPPENING THERE, AND ANDRES VALLE IS GETTING SOME REACTION WITH WITNESSES. PEYTON HEADLEE ON THE GROUND THERE TALKING TO FAIRFIELD POLICE. WE’RE STARTING WITH ESTEBAN REYNOSO, WHO’S AT FAIRFIELD HIGH SCHOOL. ESTEBAN, WHAT’S HAPPENING? GUYS, THE CRIME SCENE HAS KIND OF NOW DWINDLED DOWN A LITTLE BIT. IT WAS RIGHT UP TO ATLANTIC AVENUE. BUT NOW HERE IN FRONT OF THE SCHOOL, RIGHT IN FRONT OF THAT PARKING LOT, IT IS NOW OPENED UP. NOW THERE IS JUST THIS ONE SINGULAR CRIME SCENE TAPE THAT HAS BEEN PUT UP, BUT THIS IS AS CLOSE AS WE CAN GET NOW TO THAT CRIME SCENE YOU SEE FURTHER OFF IN THE DISTANCE THERE. THERE ARE A LITTLE BIT OF SOME CRIME SCENE TAPE AROUND SOME OF THE VEHICLES THAT HAVE BEEN AT THE EPICENTER OF WHERE THIS SHOOTING HAPPENED. WE’VE SPOKEN TO MULTIPLE WITNESSES AND WITNESSES HERE WHO TELL US THAT THEY WERE SHOCKED. THEY’RE TRAUMATIZED BY THIS. BUT AS POLICE CONTINUE TO INVESTIGATE, YOU CAN SEE STILL A LOT OF MOVEMENT, EVEN FOR UP TO ALMOST FOUR HOURS NOW SINCE THIS SHOOTING HAPPENED, THEY CONTINUE TO BRING IN MORE OF THESE RESOURCES, COLLECT AS MUCH EVIDENCE AS POSSIBLE. AND NOW IT SEEMS LIKE PEOPLE WHO WERE NEAR THAT CAR, NEAR THAT EPICENTER, THEY’RE NOW ABLE TO GO IN, GRAB THEIR CARS AND EXIT HERE. POLICE HAVE DETERMINED THAT THEY ARE SAFE TO DO SO, BUT ALSO THAT IT DOESN’T HINDER THEIR INVESTIGATION EITHER. SO CONTINUING OUT HERE, FAIRFIELD POLICE HAS TOLD US. AND NOW THIS ROAD IS COMPLETELY OPEN RIGHT IN FRONT OF THE HIGH SCHOOL. BUT THEY REMAIN HERE INSIDE OF THE PARKING LOT WHERE THIS INVESTIGATION WILL CONTINUE. AGAIN. THEY’RE TRYING TO FIND OUT EXACTLY HOW THIS HAPPENED. PIECE TOGETHER THE EVIDENCE THAT THEY GATHER HERE, AS WELL AS POTENTIALLY AT OTHER SPOTS AROUND THE CITY. I DID SPEAK WITH A LOT OF WITNESSES WHO SAY THAT THEY SAW SOME SOME POLICE PULL OVER SOMEONE WHO THEY BELIEVE WAS A PART OF THIS. BUT WE ARE WORKING AGAIN TO GET THAT CONFIRMED FROM FAIRFIELD POLICE, BUT STILL HERE IN THE COMMUNITY, PEOPLE ARE FEELING IT A LITTLE BIT. THINGS HAVE CALMED DOWN FOR THE NIGHT, BUT STILL A REALLY SCARY SCENE THAT PEOPLE ARE GLAD IS IS HOPEFULLY COMING TO A CLOSE REALLY SOON. FOR NOW, I’LL SEND IT BACK TO YOU GUYS. ALL RIGHT. ESTEBAN, THANK YOU. OF COURSE, WHAT’S ALSO VERY WORRISOME IS THE SUSPECT OR SUSPECTS ARE STILL OUT THERE. YEAH, AS OF 9:00. SO, YOU KNOW, BASED ON WHAT ESTEBAN WAS REPORTING, WITNESSES SAY MAYBE SOMEONE WAS PULLED OVER AND MAYBE TAKEN INTO CUSTODY. WE ARE WAITING TO HEAR FROM POLICE TONIGHT IN FAIRFIELD. I THINK WE CAN GIVE YOU A LOOK AT THE PODIUM THERE. THIS IS AN OFFICER WHO BRIEFED REPORTERS EARLIER. LET’S LISTEN IN. MICHELLE. AND I’M A POLICE OFFICER WITH THE CITY OF FAIRFIELD. I’M HERE TO PROVIDE AN UPDATE TONIGHT ON THE INCIDENT AT FAIRFIELD HIGH SCHOOL. THE INFORMATION I CAN PROVIDE IS I CAN CONFIRM THERE WERE THREE VICTIMS WITH GUNSHOT WOUNDS, AGES 11, 20 AND 25. AND THERE WAS ONE ADDITIONAL VICTIM, AN 18 YEAR OLD, WHO DID SUCCUMBED TO THEIR INJURIES SUSTAINED DURING THIS INCIDENT. WE DON’T HAVE ANY INFORMATION THAT THERE’S ANY ONGOING THREAT THIS IS STILL A VERY ACTIVE INCIDENT AND DUE TO THAT, THIS IS A VERY ACTIVE INVESTIGATION. WE’RE NOT GOING TO BE ANSWERING ANY OTHER QUESTIONS TONIGHT. OKAY. WE SHOULD HAVE AN UPDATED RELEASE MID MORNING TOMORROW AS WE HAVE INFORMATION TO PROVIDE. THANK YOU. 11, 20 AND 25 FOR THOSE THREE. OKAY. SO INJURED. REALLY INTERESTING IN LET’S SEE IF SHE ANSWERS ANOTHER QUESTION JUST REALLY QUICKLY. SO OFFICER WAS THERE ANY NEW INFORMATION YOU COULD RELEASE. CAN YOU STEP UP TO THE MIC? SURE. SO AS I, AS I STATED, THE INFORMATION WE’RE RELEASING IS THERE WERE THREE VICTIMS THAT SUSTAINED GUNSHOT WOUNDS. AND THEY ARE CURRENTLY BEING TREATED FOR THEIR INJURIES. THEIR AGES ARE 11, 20 AND 25. AND AN 18 YEAR OLD DID SUCCUMB TO THE INJURIES SUSTAINED DURING THIS INCIDENT. WHAT KIND OF. WE DON’T HAVE ANY OTHER INFORMATION TO PROVIDE PROVIDE RIGHT NOW. THANK YOU. ANY OF THEM, LIKE THE RELATIVES OF THE. I HAVE NO FURTHER INFORMATION. THANK YOU GUYS FOR YOUR TIME. ALL RIGHT. THAT’S MICHELLE VISALIA WITH FAIRFIELD POLICE AND A VERY, VERY SHORT STATEMENT FROM HER TELLING US SOME NEW INFORMATION, ALBEIT VERY LIMITED. THREE SHOT, 11, 20 AND 25 YEARS OLD, 18 YEAR OLD SHOT AND KILLED. AND THEN THE CURIOUS STATEMENT THAT THERE’S NO ONGOING THREAT TO THE COMMUNITY. SO HOPEFULLY THAT IS SOMETHING THAT CAN EASE SOME OF THE FEARS IN THAT COMMUNITY TONIGHT. SO WE DON’T KNOW THE DETAILS, BUT CLEARLY THEY HAVE SOME INFORMATION ABOUT THE PERSON RESPONSIBLE OR THEY WOULD NOT BE ISSUING A STATEMENT LIKE THAT. HOPEFULLY IN MID-MORNING WE’LL FIND OUT MORE INFORMATION. I THINK, FROM THE WITNESSES THAT WE HAVE HEARD FROM, WE CAN FILL IN MAYBE A LITTLE BIT OF INFORMATION ABOUT THESE VICTIMS, BECAUSE THE 11 YEAR OLD THAT WOULD MATCH THE DESCRIPTION THAT WE’VE NOW HEARD FROM 2 OR 3 DIFFERENT WITNESSES OF A GIRL WHO WAS SHOT IN THE ARM AND APPEARED TO BE, YOU KNOW, CONSCIOUS AND TALKING AND AND THAT WHEN SHE WAS TAKEN TO THE HOSPITAL. SO I THINK THAT MAY BE FILLING IN THE GAPS ON, ON THAT FROM MULTIPLE WITNESSES. AND THE 18 YEAR OLD WAS KILLED, WHO WAS KILLED, THAT MIGHT ALSO FALL IN LINE WITH WHAT WE HEARD FROM ONE OF THE WITNESSES, A STUDENT WHO SAID HE RECOGNIZED THAT VICTIM AS SOMEONE HE HAD GONE TO SCHOOL WITH, RECOGNIZED HIM FROM THE HALLWAYS. OKAY. SO THAT WOULD THAT WOULD MATCH THAT AGE RANGE. AND AGAIN, THE OTHER TWO VICTIMS WHO WERE SHOT AND INJURED 20 AND 25. SO NO NAMES. WE DON’T KNOW THE GENDERS OF THE VICTIMS YET. OFFICIALLY. SO STILL A LOT TO PUT TOGETHER HERE IN THIS SHOOTING THAT HAS JUST REALLY SHAKEN A COMMUNITY THAT APPARENTLY HAS GOTTEN, UNFORTUNATELY, USED TO THESE SHOOTINGS. ONE OF THE VICTIMS, I SHOULD SAY, ONE OF THE NEIGHBORS OF THE HIGH SCHOOL THERE SAID THAT THIS WAS THE THIRD SHOOTING, THAT THEY THINK THAT THEY REMEMBER HAPPENING AT THIS CAMPUS IN THE LAST IN THE LAST THREE YEARS. I THINK THERE WAS ONE EARLIER THIS YEAR. AND YEAH, THEY’RE JUST REALLY JUST HAVE HAD IT WITH THE VIOLENCE AND YOU CAN’T BLAME THEM. LET’S CHECK IN WITH PEYTON HEADLEE NOW, WHO HAS BEEN COVERING THE POLICE RESPONSE AND HAS BEEN THERE FOR THE POLICE BRIEFINGS TONIGHT. THAT WAS A VERY SHORT BRIEFING. PEYTON. YEAH, A VERY SHORT BRIEFING WITH NO QUESTIONS. BUT WE DID LEARN SOME NEW INFORMATION IN THAT BRIEFING. AND IT’S THE AGES OF THE VICTIMS AN 18 YEAR OLD DIED. WE TRIED TO ASK IF THAT 18 YEAR OLD WAS A STUDENT AT THE HIGH SCHOOL, AS SHE WASN’T ABLE TO CLARIFY THAT. BUT WHEN YOU HEAR AN 11 YEAR-OLD SHOT AT A CEREMONY LIKE THIS, THEY WERE LIKELY THERE SUPPORTING A FRIEND, AN OLDER SIBLING CELEBRATING THEIR MOVEMENT FROM HIGH SCHOOL INTO WHATEVER IS NEXT FOR THEM. AND IT ENDS IN GUNFIRE. SO REALLY DEVASTATING NEWS TO HEAR FROM THAT, SHE SAID. THERE IS NO REASON TO BELIEVE THAT THERE IS ANY THREAT TO THE PUBLIC, BUT SHE WASN’T ABLE TO CLARIFY ANY INFORMATION ABOUT A SUSPECT IN THIS CASE. SO IT’S NOT CLEAR RIGHT NOW WHO THIS PERSON IS THAT OPENED FIRE AT THIS GRADUATION CEREMONY. SO, OF COURSE, THAT MANHUNT IS UNDERWAY. THEY ARE TALKING TO WITNESSES, AND THEY’RE LOOKING TO FIGURE OUT WHO DID THIS. BUT YEAH, A VERY SHORT BRIEFING, ONE WITH NEW INFORMATION TONIGHT. BUT YEAH, THEY TALKED TO US AT NINE. THEY GAVE US THAT PRELIMINARY INFORMATION THAT FOUR PEOPLE WERE SHOT. ONE OF THOSE PEOPLE DIED. THEY’RE STILL LOOKING FOR A SUSPECT. THE NEW INFORMATION THAT WE LEARNED JUST WITHIN THE LAST FIVE MINUTES HERE IS THE AGES. AND AGAIN, 11, 20, 25, AND 18. SO ALL VERY YOUNG PEOPLE WHO ARE AT THIS GRADUATION CEREMONY, THEY’RE THERE TO CELEBRATE. THEY’RE THERE TO MOVE ON TO THE NEXT STAGE OF THEIR LIFE. AND IT ENDS UP WITH GUNFIRE, THE WHOLE HIGH SCHOOL TURNING INTO A CRIME SCENE, SURROUNDED BY POLICE OFFICERS AND DEPUTIES AND FIRE FIRST RESPONDERS WHO ARE OUT THERE. SO REALLY TRAGIC TO TO LEARN THE AGES OF THE FOLKS THAT WERE OUT THERE, YOUNG PEOPLE, AND THAT THERE’S NO, AGAIN, INFORMATION ON A SUSPECT. BUT THE GOOD NEWS IS THAT THERE IS NO THREAT TO THE COMMUNITY RIGHT NOW. SO THAT’S THE LATEST FROM THIS BRIEFING HERE IN FAIRFIELD. SO, PEYTON, WE WANTED TO ASK YOU ABOUT THAT BECAUSE WE HEARD THE SAME INFORMATION THAT YOU DID FROM THAT NEWS CONFERENCE, THAT THERE WAS NO ONGOING THREAT TO THE COMMUNITY. WE WONDERED IF WE COULD TAKE THAT TO MEAN THAT THEY HAD SOMEONE IN CUSTODY AND THE MANHUNT WAS OVER, OR WHY ELSE WOULD THEY SAY THAT THERE IS NO THREAT IF A SHOOTER WAS STILL OUT THERE? WHAT? YOU’RE THERE. SO WE WANT TO CHECK WITH YOU. WHAT WAS YOUR UNDERSTANDING OF WHAT THAT MEANT? YEAH, THAT WOULD HAVE BEEN A NICE CLARIFICATION TO MAKE HAD THEY TAKEN QUESTIONS. AT THE END OF THE PRESS CONFERENCE. I THINK IT CAN BE INTERPRETED IN A NUMBER OF DIFFERENT WAYS. IT COULD BE THAT, YOU KNOW, THERE WAS. SOMETHING SPECIFICALLY AT THAT HIGH SCHOOL THAT LED THEM TO THAT EVENT, AND THEY MAY HAVE BEEN LOOKING FOR A CERTAIN PERSON THERE, AND THAT THERE IS NO THREAT. THEY’RE NOT GOING TO RANDOM PLACES. OR OF COURSE, IT COULD MEAN THAT THEY HAVE A PERSON OF INTEREST IN CUSTODY, AND THEY HAVE SOMEONE IDENTIFIED AND THEY HAVE TAKEN SOMEONE INTO CUSTODY THAT THEY’RE JUST NOT WILLING TO SHARE QUITE YET, BECAUSE THEY DON’T WANT TO COMPROMISE ANY DETAILS OF THE INVESTIGATION. SO, YOU KNOW, IT’S IMPORTANT TO, TO NOTE HERE IN INVESTIGATIONS LIKE THIS THAT OFTENTIMES THERE’S A LOT OF THINGS THAT THEY KNOW THAT THEY’RE NOT SHARING WITH US QUITE YET JUST BECAUSE THEY WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY HAVE EVERY SINGLE DETAIL LOCKED DOWN BEFORE THEY SHARE THAT WITH THE PUBLIC. AND LOOKING AT THE BRIEFING BEHIND US, THERE WERE AT LEAST 11 CAMERAS THERE FROM THE BAY AREA, FROM THE SACRAMENTO AREA. SO THEY WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY HAVE EVERY SINGLE THING CONFIRMED BEFORE THEY PUT THAT OUT THERE. SO YEAH, HOPEFULLY THEY HAVE A SUSPECT IDENTIFIED. THEY HAVE SOMEONE IN CUSTODY. BUT AGAIN, THAT WASN’T SOMETHING THAT WE WERE ABLE TO CLARIFY OR REALLY GET A READ ON JUST BY THE WAY THAT SHE SAID IT TONIGHT. ALL RIGHT. WELL, WHEN YOU HAVE A MASS SHOOTING AFTER A HIGH SCHOOL GRADUATION, CERTAINLY THERE IS SO MUCH CONCERN IN THE COMMUNITY. BE NICE TO HAVE SPECIFIC INFORMATION AND HOPEFULLY WE WILL GET THAT WHEN THEY RELEASE MORE INFORMATION TOMORROW MORNING. PEYTON. THANK YOU. AND WE ARE HEARING FROM MORE WITNESSES TONIGHT. YEAH. ONE PERSON WHO WAS AT THAT GRADUATION SAYS THAT AFTERWARDS HE SAW THE SHOOTING FIRSTHAND. SO HE WANTS TO GO TO THE PERSON THAT TAKES PICTURES OF THE GRADUATES. AND THEN I WAS WITH HIS MOM AND DAD AND SISTER, AND OUT OF NOWHERE, SOME DUDE JUST RAN UP. I DIDN’T MIND, I WAS JUST LIKE, OKAY, HE’S MAYBE MESSING AROUND. AND THEN WHEN I LOOKED UP, HE HAD POINTED THE GUN OUT AND JUST STARTED SHOOTING. SO LET’S HEAD NOW TO ANDRES VALLE, WHO’S LIVE IN OUR NEWSROOM. HE’S BEEN HEARING FROM OTHERS WHO WITNESSED THE SHOOTING. YEAH, ABSOLUTELY, GUYS. AND OF COURSE, THAT UPDATE VERY HEARTBREAKING. WE SPOKE TO A COUPLE EARLIER TONIGHT WHO ARE STILL SHAKEN UP BY THIS SHOOTING. NOW LISA AND AMANDA BRITO LIVE RIGHT NEXT DOOR TO FAIRFIELD HIGH SCHOOL. AND THEY SAY THEY HEARD THE GUNSHOTS RIGHT AROUND 7:15 P.M. AND SAW MULTIPLE PEOPLE RUNNING. I WOULD SAY ONE SHOOTER. IT WAS ONE GUN. THERE WASN’T ANY SIMULTANEOUS OTHER ROUNDS GOING OFF. IT WAS IT WAS RAPID FIRE, BUT NOT AUTOMATIC. IT WAS JUST IMMEDIATELY TERRIFIED AND THOUGHT, YOU KNOW, THERE’S WE HAVE A LOT OF FEAR. WE LOVE OUR HOME. AND OBVIOUSLY WITH THE STATE OF THE HOUSING MARKET, WE WE CAN’T AFFORD TO GO ELSEWHERE, BUT WE SPEND A LOT OF TIME IN OUR YARD AND OUR KIDS ARE ALWAYS OUT HERE. SO THERE’S A GREAT AMOUNT OF FEAR ASSOCIATED WITH WHETHER OR NOT IT’S SAFE FOR US TO BE IN OUR OWN BACKYARD. AND NOW WE ALSO TALKED TO 18 YEAR OLD RYAN MURPHY. HE SAYS HE WAS TRYING TO FIND FAMILY MEMBERS WHEN HE HEARD THE GUNFIRE, SAYING HE WAS FEET AWAY FROM WHERE IT ALL HAPPENED. I SEEN THE GLASS SHATTER FROM THE WINDSHIELD OF THE CAR THAT GOT HIT, AND I’M JUST LIKE, WHOA! I STOOD FROZEN FOR A SECOND. ALL I SEEN WAS SOME PEOPLE START RUNNING, RUNNING PAST THE CAR THAT WAS HIT AND HITTING THE DECK, JUMPING BEHIND THE TRUNK, GETTING DOWN. NOW HIS BROTHER, 17 YEAR OLD GRADUATE ROBERT DORSEY, SAYS HE WAS TRYING TO FIND HIM AND THE REST OF HIS FAMILY. THAT’S WHEN HE SAYS HE SAW SOME OF THOSE VICTIMS WHO WERE HURT. THE LAST THING I SAW WAS JUST HIM GETTING RECEIVING CPR AND. YEAH, I JUST KIND OF WANTED TO GET OUT OF THERE. YOU KNOW, I DIDN’T WITNESS ALL FOUR PEOPLE GETTING SHOT, BUT I DID, LIKE, SEE A LITTLE GIRL GETTING CARRIED OUT. AND I’VE HEARD FROM LIKE, FRIENDS AND JUST PEOPLE THAT WERE THERE THAT, YOU KNOW, OTHER PEOPLE GOT HIT AND STUFF. NOW, ROBERT SAYS THAT ONE VICTIM HE SAW LOOKED LIKE A CLASSMATE OF HIS. AND AGAIN, FROM WHAT PAYTON JUST TOLD YOU GUYS AND WHAT WE JUST HEARD FROM POLICE, WE KNOW THAT AN 18 YEAR OLD DID DIE. AN 11 YEAR OLD WAS SHOT, A 20 YEAR OLD WAS SHOT AND A 25 YEAR OLD SHOT. SO AGAIN, FROM WHAT THAT WITNESS JUST TOLD US, IT, YOU KNOW, TRIES TO FIGURE OUT COULD THAT BEEN HIS CLASSMATE? COULD THAT BEEN THAT LITTLE GIRL, THAT 11 YEAR OLD THAT WE SAW, THAT HE SAW? BUT AGAIN, THOSE ARE THINGS WE HAVE TO CLARIFY OURSELVES IN THE NEWSROOM. BUT FOR NOW, BACK TO YOU GUYS. YEAH, JUST SO TRAUMATIZING FOR ALL OF THOSE STUDENTS AND ALL OF THOSE WITNESSES. THANK YOU SO MUCH, ANDRES. WE’RE GOING TO GO BACK TO VIDEO FROM LIVECOPTER3. AND HERE’S AGAIN A RECAP OF WHAT WE KNOW SO FAR. FOUR PEOPLE SHOT. ONE PERSON HAS DIED. NO SUSPECT INFORMATION ON THIS YET. NO SUSPECTS IN CUSTODY. AND THIS HAPPENED AT THE SAN BENITO CONTINUATION HIGH SCHOOL GRADUATION, WHICH SHARES A CAMPUS THERE AT FAIRFIELD HIGH SCHOOL. THE CEREMONY WAS THERE AT FAIRFIELD HIGH SCHOOL, BUT THIS WAS NOT FAIRFIELD HIGH SCHOOL’S GRADUATION. NOW, POLICE GIVING US SOME NEW INFORMATION JUST AT THE TOP OF THE HOUR OF THOSE PEOPLE WHO WERE SHOT AND INJURED, THEY ARE 11, 20 AND 25 YEARS OLD. THE PERSON WHO WAS KILLED IS 18. AND POLICE ARE SAYING THERE IS NO ONGOING THREAT TO THE COMMUNITY. WE WILL CONTINUE TO FOLLOW THIS BREAKING NEWS ON AIR AND ONLINE AS WE LEARN MORE INFORM
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1 dead, 3 others injured in shooting after graduation ceremony in California
One person was killed and three others were injured in a shooting after a graduation ceremony at Fairfield High School in Northern California on Wednesday, according to police. The ceremony was for Sem Yeto High School, a continuation school which shares a campus with Fairfield High.(Video player below: Couple recall moments shooting happened) The Fairfield Police Department said officers responded to the shooting, which took place in the parking lot, around 7:15 p.m.In a brief press conference, police confirmed the person who died in the shooting was 18 years old. The three other victims, ages 11, 20 and 25, were taken to a hospital.See the press conference belowA man who attended the ceremony told sister station KCRA the shooting happened in the parking lot after the event ended as pictures were being taken. A father whose daughter went to support a friend at the graduation heard gunshots and started running.Amanda Prieto, who lives next to the school, said she first heard the shots while she was on the phone in the backyard.”It dawned on me quickly how close that rapid fire was,” Amanda Prieto said. “I looked over the fence and people were just screaming and running through the parking lot. It was horrific.”Several witnesses told KCRA the shooting was traumatic for them.”People keep getting shot at this school and it’s getting fixed,” a witness named Alyssa told Reynoso. “It’s sad. It’s really sad.”A suspect has not yet been identified, police told KCRA. It is still unclear whether the shooting victims are students.”My heart is breaking for the students and families involved,” Fairfield Mayor Catherine Moy said. “I’m shaken to my soul. The shooter will face justice.”
One person was killed and three others were injured in a shooting after a graduation ceremony at Fairfield High School in Northern California on Wednesday, according to police. The ceremony was for Sem Yeto High School, a continuation school which shares a campus with Fairfield High.
(Video player below: Couple recall moments shooting happened)
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The Fairfield Police Department said officers responded to the shooting, which took place in the parking lot, around 7:15 p.m.
In a brief press conference, police confirmed the person who died in the shooting was 18 years old. The three other victims, ages 11, 20 and 25, were taken to a hospital.
See the press conference below
A man who attended the ceremony told sister station KCRA the shooting happened in the parking lot after the event ended as pictures were being taken. A father whose daughter went to support a friend at the graduation heard gunshots and started running.
Amanda Prieto, who lives next to the school, said she first heard the shots while she was on the phone in the backyard.
“It dawned on me quickly how close that rapid fire was,” Amanda Prieto said. “I looked over the fence and people were just screaming and running through the parking lot. It was horrific.”
Several witnesses told KCRA the shooting was traumatic for them.
“People keep getting shot at this school and it’s [not] getting fixed,” a witness named Alyssa told Reynoso. “It’s sad. It’s really sad.”
A suspect has not yet been identified, police told KCRA. It is still unclear whether the shooting victims are students.
“My heart is breaking for the students and families involved,” Fairfield Mayor Catherine Moy said. “I’m shaken to my soul. The shooter will face justice.”
