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http://www.cnn.com/2003/US/West/10/01/school.shooting.ap/index.html
SACRAMENTO, California (AP) -- A gun-wielding teen took an administrator hostage at a high school Wednesday, and both were wounded after officers confronted the youth, officials said.
Mario Rodriguez, 19, was in critical condition with multiple gunshot wounds, Sacramento County Sheriff's spokesman Sgt. Lou Fatur said.
The Rio Cazadero High School administrator, whom police would not identify, was hospitalized in good condition with a wound to the leg. Though police initially said the administrator was shot, either by police or the youth, Fatur said it was possible the administrator injured his leg in a struggle with Rodriguez.
Rodriguez was armed with a shotgun and handgun when he came onto the campus just before 9 a.m., Fatur said. He said it was unclear if Rodriguez was a student at the school.
"He was hunting somebody down with a couple of guns," Fatur said. The deputy and Sacramento city police officers who intervened "absolutely prevented what could have been just mayhem. A kid with two guns was obviously here to do some major damage."
Police had added extra patrols at area high schools Tuesday, after a 15-year-old was fatally shot near C.K. McClatchy High in front of dozens of other students who had just finished classes. The suspect is believed to be a suspended student associated with a street gang, police said.
"They had a feeling that schools might be a target" after Tuesday's shooting, Fatur said, but are unsure if Rodriguez was intending to retaliate or had another motive.
Rio Cazadero is an alternative high school for students who have fallen behind in classes, said Samantha Bauer, a spokeswoman for the Elk Grove Unified School District. About 280 students attend the school in south Sacramento. Students were taken to a neighboring high school so their parents could pick them up there, Bauer said.
http://www.cnn.com/2003/US/West/10/01/school.shooting.ap/index.html
SACRAMENTO, California (AP) -- A gun-wielding teen took an administrator hostage at a high school Wednesday, and both were wounded after officers confronted the youth, officials said.
Mario Rodriguez, 19, was in critical condition with multiple gunshot wounds, Sacramento County Sheriff's spokesman Sgt. Lou Fatur said.
The Rio Cazadero High School administrator, whom police would not identify, was hospitalized in good condition with a wound to the leg. Though police initially said the administrator was shot, either by police or the youth, Fatur said it was possible the administrator injured his leg in a struggle with Rodriguez.
Rodriguez was armed with a shotgun and handgun when he came onto the campus just before 9 a.m., Fatur said. He said it was unclear if Rodriguez was a student at the school.
"He was hunting somebody down with a couple of guns," Fatur said. The deputy and Sacramento city police officers who intervened "absolutely prevented what could have been just mayhem. A kid with two guns was obviously here to do some major damage."
Police had added extra patrols at area high schools Tuesday, after a 15-year-old was fatally shot near C.K. McClatchy High in front of dozens of other students who had just finished classes. The suspect is believed to be a suspended student associated with a street gang, police said.
"They had a feeling that schools might be a target" after Tuesday's shooting, Fatur said, but are unsure if Rodriguez was intending to retaliate or had another motive.
Rio Cazadero is an alternative high school for students who have fallen behind in classes, said Samantha Bauer, a spokeswoman for the Elk Grove Unified School District. About 280 students attend the school in south Sacramento. Students were taken to a neighboring high school so their parents could pick them up there, Bauer said.
