# Active shooter in high school in Santa Clarita, CA

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**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Created:** [November 14, 2019, 4:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/active-shooter-in-high-school-in-santa-clarita-ca/843426 "2019-11-14T16:29:22Z")\
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**Author:** ![dalej42](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/67e7ee/32.png) [@dalej42](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dalej42)\
**Post date:** [November 14, 2019, 4:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/active-shooter-in-high-school-in-santa-clarita-ca/843426/1 "2019-11-14T16:29:22Z")

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MSNBC broke away from Nancy Pelosi to announce a school shooting at Saugus High School in Santa Clarita, California.

Very limited details right now.

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**Author:** ![dalej42](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/67e7ee/32.png) [@dalej42](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dalej42)\
**Post date:** [November 14, 2019, 4:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/active-shooter-in-high-school-in-santa-clarita-ca/843426/2 "2019-11-14T16:33:03Z")

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Los Angeles Times’ Twitter is covering it.

> <https://twitter.com/latimes/status/1195010552633782274?s=21>

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**Author:** ![silenus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/silenus/32/166_2.png) [@silenus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silenus)\
**Post date:** [November 14, 2019, 4:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/active-shooter-in-high-school-in-santa-clarita-ca/843426/3 "2019-11-14T16:36:55Z")

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Local news says 6 or 7 victims, several treated at the scene. Shooter described as an Asian male dressed in black.

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**Author:** ![DCnDC](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dcndc/32/2842_2.png) [@DCnDC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DCnDC)\
**Post date:** [November 14, 2019, 4:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/active-shooter-in-high-school-in-santa-clarita-ca/843426/4 "2019-11-14T16:52:41Z")

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> [@silenus](#):
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> Shooter described as an Asian male dressed in black.

It’s never a Jewish female in a majorette uniform.

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**Author:** ![dalej42](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/67e7ee/32.png) [@dalej42](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dalej42)\
**Post date:** [November 14, 2019, 4:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/active-shooter-in-high-school-in-santa-clarita-ca/843426/5 "2019-11-14T16:53:57Z")

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According to the local coverage being simulcast, the shooter has been disarmed but no further details. No one dead yet, but 6-7 victims.

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**Author:** ![davidm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/davidm/32/225_2.png) [@davidm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/davidm)\
**Post date:** [November 14, 2019, 5:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/active-shooter-in-high-school-in-santa-clarita-ca/843426/6 "2019-11-14T17:13:02Z")

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How long before ther are CTs saying that this happened to distract people from the congressional hearings?

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**Author:** ![madsircool](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/madsircool/32/3432_2.png) [@madsircool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/madsircool)\
**Post date:** [November 14, 2019, 5:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/active-shooter-in-high-school-in-santa-clarita-ca/843426/7 "2019-11-14T17:25:27Z")

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> [@DCnDC](#):
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> It’s never a Jewish female in a majorette uniform.

Until a school cancels its creative writing program. Then watch out.

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**Author:** ![VOW](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/vow/32/3043_2.png) [@VOW](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/VOW)\
**Post date:** [November 14, 2019, 6:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/active-shooter-in-high-school-in-santa-clarita-ca/843426/8 "2019-11-14T18:05:49Z")

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Shit.  
~VOW

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**Author:** ![Annie-Xmas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecc23a/32.png) [@Annie-Xmas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Annie-Xmas)\
**Post date:** [November 14, 2019, 6:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/active-shooter-in-high-school-in-santa-clarita-ca/843426/9 "2019-11-14T18:11:02Z")

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[One Dead, Two Critical](https://www.nytimes.com/2019/11/14/us/santa-clarita-shooting.html)

SHIT!

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**Author:** ![cochrane](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cochrane/32/10441_2.png) [@cochrane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cochrane)\
**Post date:** [November 14, 2019, 6:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/active-shooter-in-high-school-in-santa-clarita-ca/843426/10 "2019-11-14T18:23:05Z")

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> [@VOW](#):
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> Shit.  
> ~VOW

> [@Annie-Xmas](#):
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> [One Dead, Two Critical](https://www.nytimes.com/2019/11/14/us/santa-clarita-shooting.html)
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> SHIT!

Shit x3. I hope the two critical students pull through.

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**Author:** ![ASL\_v2.0](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/asl_v2.0/32/3525_2.png) [@ASL\_v2.0](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ASL_v2.0)\
**Post date:** [November 14, 2019, 6:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/active-shooter-in-high-school-in-santa-clarita-ca/843426/11 "2019-11-14T18:28:47Z")

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Shit? People get shot all the time. Why is anyone surprised it happened again?

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**Author:** ![Biotop](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/biotop/32/321_2.png) [@Biotop](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biotop)\
**Post date:** [November 14, 2019, 6:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/active-shooter-in-high-school-in-santa-clarita-ca/843426/12 "2019-11-14T18:41:08Z")

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> [@ASL\_v2.0](#):
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> Shit? People get shot all the time. Why is anyone surprised it happened again?

I don’t think anyone is surprised.

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**Author:** ![OttoDaFe](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ottodafe/32/356_2.png) [@OttoDaFe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OttoDaFe)\
**Post date:** [November 14, 2019, 7:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/active-shooter-in-high-school-in-santa-clarita-ca/843426/13 "2019-11-14T19:10:20Z")

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> [@Biotop](#):
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> I don’t think anyone is surprised.

Agreed. Furious to the point of wanting to hurl well-aged excrement at the worthless blobs of protoplasm who hide behind “sacred Second Amendment” rhetoric (while frequently taking reverse Danegeld from the NRA), yes; but surprised, no.

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**Author:** ![PastTense](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pasttense/32/14550_2.png) [@PastTense](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PastTense)\
**Post date:** [November 14, 2019, 8:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/active-shooter-in-high-school-in-santa-clarita-ca/843426/14 "2019-11-14T20:28:44Z")

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> [@](#):
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> Two people were killed and at least six others, including at least two students, were shot at Saugus High School Thursday morning.
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> Sheriff’s officials confirmed two dead during a news conference after the shooting: a 14-year-old male student and a 16-year-old female student. The suspect was still in critical condition as of 11:58 a.m. with a self-inflicted gunshot wound.

> **[Saugus High shooting leaves 2 dead, 4 injured](https://signalscv.com/2019/11/paramedics-respond-to-report-of-gunshot-wound-at-saugus-high-school/)**
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> By Emily Alvarenga, Jim Holt, Caleb Lunetta, Tammy Murga Saugus High School was the scene of America’s latest school shooting Thursday, when two students were killed, and four other students, including the shooter, were wounded. Two Saugus students,...

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**Author:** ![silenus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/silenus/32/166_2.png) [@silenus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silenus)\
**Post date:** [November 14, 2019, 8:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/active-shooter-in-high-school-in-santa-clarita-ca/843426/15 "2019-11-14T20:34:18Z")

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Suspect used a .45 cal handgun to shoot everybody, including himself, on his 16th birthday.

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**Author:** ![Locrian](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/locrian/32/14146_2.png) [@Locrian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Locrian)\
**Post date:** [November 14, 2019, 8:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/active-shooter-in-high-school-in-santa-clarita-ca/843426/16 "2019-11-14T20:43:22Z")

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NM

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**Author:** ![engineer\_comp\_geek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/engineer_comp_geek/32/504_2.png) [@engineer\_comp\_geek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/engineer_comp_geek)\
**Post date:** [November 14, 2019, 8:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/active-shooter-in-high-school-in-santa-clarita-ca/843426/17 "2019-11-14T20:44:24Z")

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**Moderator Note**

> [@OttoDaFe](#):
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> Agreed. Furious to the point of wanting to hurl well-aged excrement at the worthless blobs of protoplasm who hide behind “sacred Second Amendment” rhetoric (while frequently taking reverse Danegeld from the NRA), yes; but surprised, no.

This is yet another reminder that gun control debate and political rhetoric is not to be posted in breaking news threads. There are plenty of other threads in more appropriate forums where you are free to post such comments.

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**Author:** ![Czarcasm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/czarcasm/32/4050_2.png) [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\
**Post date:** [November 14, 2019, 9:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/active-shooter-in-high-school-in-santa-clarita-ca/843426/18 "2019-11-14T21:41:14Z")

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[Like this one.](https://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=885349)

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**Author:** ![nightshadea](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/7ba0ec/32.png) [@nightshadea](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nightshadea)\
**Post date:** [November 15, 2019, 9:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/active-shooter-in-high-school-in-santa-clarita-ca/843426/19 "2019-11-15T09:08:59Z")

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i live about 45-60 minutes from there and almost went to that same hs back in the 90s …

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**Author:** ![PastTense](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pasttense/32/14550_2.png) [@PastTense](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PastTense)\
**Post date:** [November 16, 2019, 1:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/active-shooter-in-high-school-in-santa-clarita-ca/843426/20 "2019-11-16T01:50:58Z")

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> [@](#):
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> The suspect in the shooting rampage at Saugus High School has died, officials said Friday. The suspect, Nathaniel Tennosuke Berhow, 16, died at 3:32 p.m. Friday. He was a junior at the school.
> 
> After shooting five classmates on Thursday, Berhow shot himself in the head, investigators say. At the time he was hospitalized in critical condition. He had not been formally charged with the shooting before he died.

> **[California school shooting: Suspect in Saugus High School rampage has died](https://abc7.com/nathaniel-tennosuke-berhow-nate-saugus-high-school-santa-clarita-shooting/5699170/)**
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> The suspect in the shooting rampage at Saugus High School has died, officials said Friday.

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