Teen Charged With Attempted Murder In San Francisco School Shooting
SAN FRANCISCO (CBS SF) -- The San Francisco District Attorney's office confirmed Thursday that a 17-year-old arrested in connection with June Jordan High school shooting has been charged with attempted murder.
A representative from the district attorney's office said that the teen was charged with the crime on Tuesday. The youth is one of two teenage suspects who were arrested for the shooting at the Excelsior District high school last week that left four students injured.
The DA's office said only one person has been charged in the case.
Four suspects were seen fleeing the site of the San Francisco high school shooting on the afternoon of Tuesday, October 18.
On that day, police responded to a report of shots fired in front of 325 La Grande Avenue, which is the campus for both the June Jordan School for Equity and City Arts and Tech High School, at around 3:17 p.m. as both high schools were letting out for the day.
Upon arrival, police found three students – two males and a female all 15 years old -- had been wounded in a shooting.
The three injured students had run back into the school bleeding after being shot in the parking lot.
The female student was struck in the torso and was initially reported in critical condition with life-threatening injuries. A police spokeswoman said the girl's condition has been upgraded to serious but still life-threatening on Wednesday.
A fourth student showed up later at the Bayview police station with injuries from the shooting.
The school was placed on lockdown to make sure there was no active shooter on site.
While police confirmed the two arrests last week, they did not offer any additional details about the two people taken into custody or where the investigation stood in terms of finding the additional two suspects who were still at large.