and missing a second intended target. he is now in custody. from taft union high school about two hours north of los angeles. some of you spoke with and saw the gunman heading towards the school. it s important to trace it back because this boy lives within walking distance of the high school. this is a small community and everybody knows each other. this mother whose student goes to the high school saw the boy carrying something, but he was so young, this is a safe community. she thought it was a toy gun. it looks like a play gun, but when you saw the see the gun, we saw the handle of the gun, but we didn t see the whole gun. it was a long gun? no. short. two distinct shotguns. she heard shortly after she saw the boy walk by. they were bullets from a 12 gauge shotgun. she went into a panic because her son was in the school. is it clear at this point? was there specific targets intended and how old was the alleged shooter? the alleged shooter is 16 years old. he
it happened on the same day the white house held meetings on ways to curtail gun violence. we ll have all of the details on the meetings in a moment, but let s get the latest on the shooting. authorities say the student showed up late to class with a 12-gauge shotgun. allegedly shooting one classmate, missing a second intended target. the alleged gunman is now in custody. we re joined at taft union high school. about two hours north of los angeles. someone who saw the gunman heading towards the school. reporter: it s really important to trace this back, anderson. because this is a boy who lived in the neighborhood. he lives in walking distance of the high school. this is a small community. everybody knows each other. this mother whose student also goes to the high school, she saw this young boy walk right by her. she saw him carrying something, but he was so young, this is such a safe community, she thought it was a toy gun. listen to what she told us. it looks like a pla
good morning, thank you so much for joining us. i m carol costello. we begin with new questions on the white house s search for ideas to curb gun violence in america. president obama vowed to bring together the vastly divided interests in the gun control debate. today those sides seem more polarized than ever. the nation s largest gun lobby the nra is angry and apparently backing away from the conversation, says the white house isn t really interested in a dialogue. we knew going into this meeting what the president s position on the so-called assault weapons ban it, is, he said no we ve made up our mind on that. no, there s not going to be an agreement on that. today we re learning the nation s largest gun retailer is feeling slighted. walmart officials agreed to take part in the talks but in the end they didn t get to meet with joe biden. christine romans has been talking to walmart, what are executives telling you. well it s noted inside the company in the end it was
the alleged gunman is now in custody. kyung lah joins us from taft union high school, about two miles from los angeles. someone who saw the gunman heading towards the school. reporter: it s really important to trace this back, anderson. because this is a boy who lived in the neighborhood. he lives in walking distance of the high school. this is a small community. everybody knows each other. this mother whose student also goes to the high school, she saw this young boy walk right by her. she saw him carrying something, but he was so young, this is such a safe community, she thought it was a toy gun. listen to what she told us. it looks like a play gun, but when you see the gun, we saw the handle of the gun, but we didn t see the whole gun. so it was a long gun? no, short. two distinct shotguns she heard shortly after she saw the boy walk by her house. we now know they were bullets from a 12-gauge shotgun. she went into a panic because her son was inside the school.
let s get the latest on the shooting. authorities say the student showed up late to class with a 12-gauge shotgone. allegedly shooting one classmate, missing a second target. we re joined at taft union high school. what happened inyou saw someone who saw the gunman heading toward the school. it s really important to trace this back, anderson, because this is a boy who lived in the neighborhood. he lives in walking distance of the high school. this is a small community. everybody knows each other. this mother whose student also goes to the high school, she saw this young boy walk right by her. she saw him carrying something, but he was so young, this is such a safe community, she thought it was a toy gun. listen to what she told us. it looks like a play gun, but when you see the gun, we saw the handle of the gun, but we didn t see the whole gun. so it was a long gun? no, short. two distinct shotguns she heard shortly after she saw the boy walk by her house. we anyhow