hours of the shooting this morning. authorities are combing through social media. they have already taken the shooter s mother and girlfriend in for questioning. still no word yet if there was a motive or ideology behind this. it was absolutely terrifying. reporter: at least two students dead, others injured. active shooter at the high school. all schools in the vicinity on lockdown. reporter: around 7:30 a.m. at a high school 30 miles northwest of los angeles students were arriving starting their days. when we heard the first gunshot we shout it was not something serious and we heard two more. reporter: detectives reviewed the video at the scene, which clearly showed the subject in the quad, withdraw a handgun from his backpack, shoot and wound five people, and then shoot himself in the head. we heard the gunshots and said, let s go, let s run. we literally cruel underneath
it was absolutely terrifying. reporter: at least two students dead, others injured. active shooter at saugus high school. all schools in the vicinity are on lockdown. reporter: around 7:30 a.m. at a high school about 30 miles northwest of los angeles, students were arriving, starting their days. when we heard the first gunshot, we thought it was not something serious then we heard two more. reporter: detectives have reviewed the video at the scene which clearly show the subject in the quad withdraw a handgun from his backpack, shoot, and wound five people, and then shoot himself in the head. we heard the gunshots and we just were like, let s go. let s run. we had to go underneath the pipeline. so we literally crawled underneath the pipeline. reporter: six injured students were triaged and rushed to local hospitals. turns out one of them was the shooter. i saw all kinds of kids running up the street, screaming, crying, yelling. they were saying, can we go in your house
heardgunshots, let s go. let s run. we ran through the field. as law enforcement headed into saugus, students and staff could be seen rushing out evacuating the school in a now familiar single-file image. right to cnn s stephanie elam in los angeles just southwest of santa clarita. what do we know about the victims at this point? reporter: one thing we are learning from a statement put out from the school district where saugus high school is, they put out a press release and in it said in there that several of the students had been taken to the hospital. so that points to the idea that the people in these hospitals we know right now, there is one female has died at henry mayo hospital in valencia, california, and be two males in critical, one male in good condition there and another hospital holy providence in mission hills.
not by the other 3,000 people as many as 3,000 were told were inside that we don t have any reason to wal-mart during back to school believe that any of the persons deceased were shot by other than the assailant at this time. shopping, ages from a few months old to senior citizens when the shooting began, those injured [inaudible] and the victims, i want to take any time that they may have they did at some point in time, i don t think we have a you back to the initial thoughts precise time for that but and feelings from a witness clearly it was some point in the evening that they did part ways. after this shooting occurred and then to el paso s police chief today describing what he saw [inaudible] i don t have that right now. when he arrived. we don t have that specific i heard more shots closer information. as like boom, [inaudible] hang on. boom, boom and me and my husband did he shoot at your officers had taken off and trying to push and was he killed i don t t
and i just, it took me a second it might prevent people from or two to realize what was going into shock and dying. happening, and then i rushed my mom back into the car and ran even when law enforcement is out. it was just chaos. people started running all over becoming more proficient at the place. it was the most horrific thing i ve ever seen. i heard more shots closer stopping the short after the first shot. together, because at first it jon: when we were watching the was just like i knew it police chief and others at that wasn t a handgun because of how news conference, they are loud it was and being ar or an grieving m-14 or some type of gun like that. and me and my husba taken off towards the back of the store and trying to push people out of our way telling them, hey, there s a shooter, we need to go, let s run. reporter: the last update we got are from police, it was significant that they said no officers discharged their weapons throughout the incident, and the suspect