“A 16-year-old in California this week allegedly targeted kids who had bullied him. The local sheriff talks about the investigation, gun control, and why he thinks the media played a role.”
“In the sad aftermath of another school shooting, police in California have served search warrants on the home of a 16-year-old high school student looking for evidence of a “hit list.” Armed with a 12-gauge shotgun, the boy opened fire on 28 classmates on Thursday, critically injuring one and grazing his teacher.
“‘We heard about the hit list from several people in the community and threats of killing early on,’ Kern County Sheriff Donny Youngblood told The Daily Beast. ‘And in an interrogation with the suspect, we believe those things might exist.’
“Youngblood said detectives are also looking at social-media websites such as Facebook to see if he had posted any online threats, and if he had any prior run-ins with the law.
“The early morning shooting at Taft Union High School, near Bakersfield, is just the latest attack to occur at a school in the U.S. In December, 20-year-old Adam Lanza, armed with an assault rifle, killed 20 elementary school children and seven adults, including his mother, in Newtown, Connecticut—one of the worst mass shootings in U.S. history.
“Thursday’s shooting occurred on the same day that Vice President Joe Biden met with gun groups to talk about closing a loophole that allows gun buyers to forgo background checks and a bill to limit the size of ammunition magazines to 10 bullets. It was also the same day that a Colorado judge, ” To continue reading this Daily Beast article, click here.
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