On November 14, 2019, a shooting happened at the Saugus High School in Santa Clarita, California. A student killed two other students and injured three others, then killed himself. The Los Angeles County Fire Department responded to the shooting before 8 a.m.
One of the students was shot in the stomach. One student was found at the school's choir room.
Victims
Two students, a 15-year-old girl and a 14-year-old boy, were killed.
Two girls, aged 15 and 14, and a boy, aged 14, were injured. Four students were hospitalized at the Henry Mayo Newhall Memorial Hospital, three in critical condition. Two were transported to Providence Holy Cross Medical Center. Aside from all being students of Saugus High School, there there is no known connection between the gunman and the teens shot.
Perpetrator
The perpetrator was identified as Nathaniel Tennosuke Berhow (November 14, 2003 November 15, 2019), a student at the school, who turned 16 on the day of the shooting. He shot himself in the head with his last bullet and died the following day. One student said Berhow was a quiet, normal student who ran cross country and was a Boy Scout.