A now-viral video exhibits a person pulling a gun on college students at Diamond Ranch Excessive Faculty in Pomona on Thursday.
The incident continues to be beneath investigation, and authorities have but to determine a suspect.
The video, which was submitted by a guardian and posted on KTLA-TV, exhibits a person sporting black pulling out a firearm and pointing it at a crowd of scholars.
The Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Division confirmed in an announcement that deputies responded about 3:30 p.m. to a report of a gaggle of males who entered the campus with weapons and assaulted a pupil.
The deputies spoke with the sufferer, who stated that he had been approached by the group when he was sitting outdoors the college and so they started arguing with him. One of many males pulled out a firearm and struck the coed with it earlier than the group fled the college grounds.
The coed had minor accidents, authorities stated. The Sheriff’s Division was nonetheless investigating as of Friday afternoon.
Pomona Unified Faculty District Supt. Darren Knowles stated in a message to employees and oldsters Thursday that the folks within the group haven’t been recognized, however that they’re not college students.
“We’re working with the native authorities to supply info to assist them apprehend the suspects,” Knowles stated within the assertion, in response to KABC-TV. “Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Division might be on campus [Friday] together with extra Pomona Unified Faculty District Safety to assist the protection of our college students. We are going to proceed to maintain our mother and father, college students and employees up to date as we study extra info.”