UPDATE (4:18PM ET): Below is the main portions of the press conference from Sheriff Donny Youngblood on what actually occurred. In short, the shooter, a 16-year-old male, had intended targets when he opened fire with a 12-gauge shotgun in the classroom. One of his targets is now in critical condition and the other target he tried to shoot but missed. He did hit the teacher but apparently the teacher’s wounds are minor. The teacher and a resource officer, both unarmed, either talked the student down to the point that he released his weapon or somehow managed to take it from him. It’s not entirely clear but the Sheriff said he was ‘talked down’.

Normally there is an armed officer at the school however today he couldn’t get to the school because he was snowed in. The press was asking about a supposed hit list this student had last year and was suspended for it. One member of the press says they’ve heard this from several parents in this tight-knit community that this student was suspended for having a hit-list, but no official could confirm this yet.

Here’s the press conference:

UPDATE (2:25PM ET): Local News reporting from the scene. It runs for about 10 minutes:

Also, note from the report above that one of the students who was in the classroom called her mother and told her the shooter shot one of her friends and a teacher. The shooter also shouted a couple of phrases, but until that’s confirmed the media isn’t releasing what the shooter said.

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Here we go again:

FOX NEWS – DEVELOPING: At least two people were shot at a high school in Taft, Calif., Thursday morning and the shooter was taken into custody, local reports say.

Taft is a city west of Bakersfield.

Here’s more info from 23ABC News in Bakersfield:

TAFT, Calif. – Officials have said that at least two people were shot at Taft High School.

The shooting happened at about 9 a.m., and reports indicate that at least two people were shot.

The shooter was taken into custody at about 9:20 a.m.

23ABC news received phone calls from people inside the school who were hiding in closets.

Kern County Sheriff’s Department officials are going room-by-room to secure the school.

Reports indicate that the first person shot was airlifted to an area hospital and the second person denied medical treatment.




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tinlizzieowner
tinlizzieowner

So, will California try to outlaw shot guns now? ;-)

Laurel
Laurel

Yep...they just about have already.

WordsFailMe
WordsFailMe

I don't get it. This kid hangs out un molested in a community where they know he has a hit list. The strange guy staring at the community members on the streets in Newtown murders 26. Hanging around on the streets and staring at everyone is not cool. Follow this guy. Find out where he lives. Keep him home or keep an eye on him How did he get from his house to the school carrying the weapons and nobody noticed him? Nobody jumped on him and started stomping the shit out of him? Every time that whacko was in public, somebody should have been taking careful note of what he was up to. He's a freak, something was wrong with him mentally, his parents didn't care a bit about what he did or coould do to the community and lket him run the streets, undisciplined like a vampire bat. And the people also let the freak roam the streets.

Now they are sorry but you can be sure there wil be no chipping away at the foundation of "universal tolerance" the moral superiority New England is so famous for. I am so glad there's a Massachusetts where experiments in aberrant genetics can find fertile material...E Warren, S Brown....

Are the Newtown Ripper's rights to be some weird freak more important than your rights to live in an orderly society where you are personally responsible for that order? Rhetorical question forget it.

Is everything, every behavior every lifestyle now more valuable than the stability of a community? Don't communities, like citizens have a right to get rid of the non-hackers? Not unless they assert that right and today nobody with any courage or sense is asserting anything.

Some people are just assholes and misfits. They need to be culled, locked away or marginalized permanently. If you have compassion for every possible form of human suffering, you are an idiot. Think of life as a lifeboat and you're just plain lucky to be in one.

notebene
notebene

So the enemy is the gun, huh? Why would a school allow a kid with a "hit list" anywhere near it's campus or any public school campus ever again? The real problem is the lenient laws that allow that serious of an offense to go unchecked and back out into society! When are they going to finally do something regarding the abysmal mental healthcare out there? It's not the gun...it's the loon waiving it!

HSmith
HSmith

You know, if I were a conspiracy theorist, I'd question the timing on these shootings. But, hey, we all know they're all coincidental, right?

tinlizzieowner
tinlizzieowner

Sure does seem like we've a lot of these shootings in the last 4 years?

I know if Bush was still President, the 'media' could find a way to link it to him, like they have everything else.

'When in danger or in doubt, blame Bush scream and shout'. ;-)

c4pfan
c4pfan

Huh? Sounds like the person threatened violence and got away with it before. He should have never been let back in that school, period!

HSmith
HSmith

You're referring to this specific shooting, I was referring to the latest spate of media-hyped shootings in general.

Tracy Mitchell
Tracy Mitchell

(This is NOT sarcasm)First and foremost, my condolences go out to the victims of the horrible crime.

(This is sarcasm)Gun control, gun control, California should have more gun control. They should never let anyone just walk around with a loaded assault rifle....What? What's that you say? He wasn't carrying an assault rifle? Well then, we need to get rid of all the handguns, right? Huh? He wasn't carrying a handgun either? What do you mean that California has the strictest gun control laws in the country?

c4pfan
c4pfan

This kid was let back in the school? How?

tinlizzieowner
tinlizzieowner

By the same bleeding heart liberals that have got us into this mess in the first Place.

Betsey_Ross
Betsey_Ross

It happens all of the time. Kids expelled for these offenses should be put somewhere and not back into the school population. It was SOP in the county where I taught that these kids were just sent to another school instead of having to pay consequences or being removed from society for help.

Time to revisit the rights of the mentally ill. They have proven that they cannot walk among us and be safe.

deeme
deeme

None of us need to be punished for what happened today..I can swear on my life none of my kids or their kids do either..What has happened to our country is people are more interested in running other people's lives then their own..

tinlizzieowner
tinlizzieowner

But we can't 'discriminate' against the mentally ill. MSNBC wouldn't have any staff left. ;-) ;-)

NJK
NJK

Barack Obama, Ayers, and their ilk are on the move. They're recruiting various miscreants from OWS for all of these shootings.

The Right Scoop
The Right Scoop

That sounds like the most ridiculous thing I've heard today.

Show me proof if you have it or stop making outlandish comments.

Sober_Thinking
Sober_Thinking

Pray for the victims and the families of those involved.

PatrickHenrysBody
PatrickHenrysBody

More violence pounced upon by the propagandist media arm of Zero. I hope and pray the victims pull through. It sounds like the perp's weapon of choice was a shotgun. Now what? Regulate or ban shotguns? I can see it all as it unfolds. Folks, they want to control or ban EVERYTHING! It's not good enough that semi-autos and high-cap magazines need to be dealt with. This has to do with the government's need to confiscate all that we have...our freedoms and liberties included.

davienne
davienne

did he scream alla akbar... is that why they wont repeat it ?????

lets just see how many times this gets edited and information gets scrubbed

sjmom
sjmom

Apparently, one of the parents said her daughter told her it was a student. I'll wait to hear the motive on this one before making a judgment.

stage9
stage9

Really, because right now the Media rather than just giving the facts are in the middle of a "performance" and trying to "sell" the story.

bmfh58
bmfh58

Rumor has it that it was a shotgun...unclear if it was a evil SEMI-AUTO weapon with the plug pulled out so it could shoot more than three rounds.

My question is why is a kid walking around with a shotgun without a parent around?

Is_Sense_Common
Is_Sense_Common

Well, if California had tougher gun laws, this would never have happened. Those crazy conservatives out there - they need to implement more gun laws or they'll start acting like it's the wild wild west.

#sarc

Howzah123
Howzah123

Those strict CA Gun Control Laws working as intended

Stewie
Stewie

Everyone thank the media for making these people celebrities in order to push their political agenda-

joethefatman
joethefatman

If the shooter said "Allahau Akbar" you'll never hear or read another report from the msm.

PapaLouie
PapaLouie

The shooter certainly didn't yell "long live the Tea Party" or it would have been reported immediately by the MSM.

stage9
stage9

Yeah, he would be labelled a "disgruntled student".

stage9
stage9

I love this guy reporting.

"If you look behind me there is a building with the world "science" on it. That's the science building."

really??

The suspect had a hoodie??? That's racist!

stage9
stage9

Oh no, we've lost Christine! She was doing such a great job dramatizing the event for us.

stage9
stage9

Oh, good Christine is back...."Christine, is there anything else you can tell us? What you've just reported isn't dramatic enough. Give us more Christine. Tell us more about the "science building". What is that building used for?"

"Um, science?"

"Astounding! Thanks Christine."

wtd
wtd

While waiting on confirmation that the shooter shouted a couple of phrases, I find it an incredibly convenient coincidence that the connection to reporter, Christine Dhin is allegedly 'lost' as she is about to spill specific details provided by the mother of a student witness at 2:40+ minute mark in the above video.

Miky Nike
Miky Nike

Unbelievable, now the Democrats will exploit this to push Gun Control even further.

Republicans, prepare to defend you castle.

But I believe the RINOs will capitulate like they always do

Here is a Great Conservative Article on Why Republicans don't even mention the 2nd amendment(with the exception of Ted Cruz).

It's a must read

http://veryconservativenews.com/why-are-democrats-so-enthusiastic-about-gun-control/

colliemum
colliemum

Thanks for the link.

It is indeed disturbing, and I'm afraid their silence cannot be blamed solely on the Obama propaganda machine which are the LyingScreamingMeejah.

Every GOP Congress critter, Rep or Senator, has had time to say something or write something for their local paper now. The New Media would have picked it up immediately.

So why the quiet?

What are they afraid of?

clockwindingdown
clockwindingdown

And if the new media doesn't pick it up then there is no opposition being presented to the public. See it works really well to not show opposing points of view...

Miky Nike
Miky Nike

They don't believe there is a political gain for them when it comes to defending the second amendment.

tularockstar
tularockstar

And, let's acknowledge the fact that California is 'another' strict gun law State! Still, idiots and crazies can still get guns! So, how's that anti-gun laws working for ya? The only way to stop crazy people with guns is with other people having the ability to shoot back!

Ray
Ray

Let me guess, this was a gun free zone, so this absolutely has to be a hoax. I mean, those little signs with a gun with a line through it protects people in those buildings where they are posted. That is what the left tells us.

LetItBurnUSA
LetItBurnUSA

Nah, this won't get much play. At least aside from the headline. No one died and the shooter was taken into custody. It's much easier to exploit by the left when a bunch of people are dead and the shooter offs himself since we can then never pinpoint exactly why he went on a shooting rampage in the first place.

librtifirst
librtifirst

They can't use the buzz word "mass" shooting, and unless there was an "assault" rifle involved, they don't have enough buzz words to use. The worst thing that could happen, for the media, is for there to be a shooting with a six shot revolver, and have less than four people die.

K-Bob
K-Bob

Well, they can always spin it as a hate crime. I mean, pretty much every crime is a hate crime, but still.

Conniption Fitz
Conniption Fitz

This is still an isolated incident. Most likely a domestic conflict taken to a school campus.

Typical Islamist daily news: "Dozens killed as BLASTS rip through Pakistan cities." This kind of senseless carnage occurs daily by Islamic perpetrators all over the world.

Yet the news ignores it and plays up a school shooting which happens only once or twice a year and could be largely prevented with armed guards, screeners, guns, practice drills, fences and security doors.

My point is - as Ben Swann said, the US is one of the least violent nations (maybe not for long since Islamists are increasing and gangs proliforating) despite the number of guns.

The problem is not guns, but people - people who have damaged, darkened souls (mind, will, emotions) and diminished respect for human life.

Conniption Fitz
Conniption Fitz

PS:

Terrorism by Islamists in the last few days:

2013.01.10 (Baghdad, Iraq) - Sunni bombers strike a Shia neighborhood, sending five residents to Allah.

2013.01.09 (Peshawar, Pakistan) - An influential Shia doctor is murdered outside his clinic by devoted Sunnis.

2013.01.08 (Choura, Pakistan) - A Sikh businessman is kidnapped and murdered by Lashkar-e-Islam.

2013.01.08 (Karachi, Pakistan) - A Shiite father is shot to death in front of his child by Sunnis.

2013.01.07 (Karachi, Pakistan) - Sectarian Jihadis take down a father and daughter.

2013.01.07 (Kano, Nigeria) - Boko Haram gunmen fire into a group of civilians leaving a rival mosque, killing three.

DECEMBER Jihad Statistics:

Jihad Attacks: 203

Countries: 22

Religions: 5

Dead Bodies: 680

Critically Injured: 1160

K-Bob
K-Bob

Well, before oppressing those poor, misunderstood muslims, I think we should seriously have a discussion about banning bombs, and also make suicide bombing punishable by death.

K-Bob
K-Bob

I like to tell folks that they need to think about it: after virgin #60 or so, suddenly 72 isn't such a big number.

So, I guess, even if it were somehow true, they still end up with a raw deal.

physicsnut
physicsnut

I bet Ann Coulter is right - convert the sobs to Christianity. Instead of going to heaven with 72 virgins, you go straight to Hell.