Thursday, October 31

Woman Seriously Injured by Shots Fired by School Security Officer at Long Beach High School


Las autoridades informaron de que ningún alumno de la preparatoria resultó herido por el tiroteo.
Authorities reported that no high school student was injured in the shooting.

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A woman was seriously injured by the shots fired by a school security officer on Monday afternoon near Millikan High School , in Long Beach.

The Long Beach Unified School District reported that, approximately at 3: 15 pm, one of its officers went to the high school to investigate an altercation that had occurred between several people , at the intersection of Spring Street and Palo Verde Avenue.

One person was critically wounded in a police shooting near Millikan High School in Long Beach, officials say . Video shows an officer opening fire on a sedan as it sped off from a parking area and nearly clipped him. https://t.co/0kNprZEfdd

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In a video, displayed by the chain ABC7 , the officer can be observed when approaching a silver car, and when the driver accelerates, the security element fired at the vehicle .

This video is evidence of the investigation carried out by the Long Beach police.

The reasons for the shooting by the school security officer are unknown.

In the shooting, a woman was injured and had to be transferred in critical condition to a local hospital.

School authorities reported that no student at Millikan High School was injured by the shooting , and indicated that this Tuesday there would be additional staff to provide support to students.

Incident is under investigation by Long Beach Police.

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