Taft classroom shooting: Bullying seen as motive for attack
Police said the boy accused of opening fire inside a Taft, Calif., high school Thursday, critically injuring a classmate, felt he was being bullied and that appears to be a motive for the incident.
Law enforcement officials said the suspect would be charged with attempted murder. They did not give his name because he is a minor.
They said they were investigating what role bullying may have had in motivating him to allegedly fire a 12-gauge shotgun at students in his science class at Taft Union High School. In addition to the hospitalized victim, the suspect tried to shoot a second student and missed before a teacher was able to persuade him to stop, authorities said.
"He certainly believed the two he targeted had bullied him," Kern County Sheriff Donny Youngblood told reporters
Law enforcement officials said the suspect would be charged with attempted murder. They did not give his name because he is a minor.
They said they were investigating what role bullying may have had in motivating him to allegedly fire a 12-gauge shotgun at students in his science class at Taft Union High School. In addition to the hospitalized victim, the suspect tried to shoot a second student and missed before a teacher was able to persuade him to stop, authorities said.
"He certainly believed the two he targeted had bullied him," Kern County Sheriff Donny Youngblood told reporters