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Two People Injured in Shooting Outside Los Angeles Senior High School
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Two people were injured in a shooting outside a high school in the Miracle MileMid-City area this afternoon.
The shooting happened near Olympic and Rimpau boulevards—just outside Los Angeles High School—around 3:30pm this afternoon, police told City News Service. One of the victims was a student at the school and the other wasn't.
The victims were a 17-year-old and 20-year-old, and police told ABC 7 they were seeking two suspects in the shooting:
Police were searching for two suspects: a Hispanic male with short spiky black hair, standing 5 feet 7 inches tall, weighing 130 pounds, wearing a gray shirt and blue jeans; and a Hispanic male with a shaved head, standing 5 feet 5 inches tall, weighing 120 pounds, wearing a white shirt and blue jeans.
The high school was not locked down, CNS reported.
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