2 wounded in shooting at Spartan College in Inglewood; suspect in custody

Alleged gunman arrested for shooting astatine Spartan College successful Inglewood

Alleged gunman arrested for shooting astatine Spartan College successful Inglewood 04:20

A fishy has been arrested successful transportation with a shooting astatine the Spartan College of Aeronautics and Technology successful Inglewood, California, Friday day that near 2 radical wounded. 

The shooting happened astatine astir 3:40 p.m. Pacific Time connected the schoolhouse campus, which is located successful the 8900 artifact of Aviation Boulevard, according to the Inglewood Police Department. Inglewood is portion of the Los Angeles metropolitan area. 

Firefighters arrived to find 2 victims suffering from wounds, according to the Los Angeles County Fire Department. Both were taken to a adjacent infirmary with captious injuries.

The victims were believed to beryllium pistillate employees of the college, Inglewood Mayor James T. Butts told CBS News Los Angeles. 

He said that the alleged gunman was perchance seen wearing a information azygous arsenic the shooting happened. Police conducted a thorough hunt of the field and nary fishy was found, but they were capable to find his individuality and the car helium was driving.

Just aft 6 p.m., Butts reported that a fishy was arrested. He aboriginal identified the antheral was 40-year-old Jesse Figueroa.

"It is our knowing that the fishy was a erstwhile worker of the college," Butts said.

The antheral fishy was located adjacent Berendo and Twelfth streets successful Pico-Union aft exigency dispatchers received a 911 telephone astir the shooting that brought them to that location, constabulary said. 

Police said the suspect's household made the 911 telephone successful bid to study that helium had changeable 2 women. They told officers that the weapon helium utilized was successful the backseat of his car, wherever helium was located and taken into custody without further incident, constabulary said.

Dozens of people, believed to beryllium unit and students, were seen connected the thoroughfare extracurricular of the schoolhouse arsenic the preliminary probe began. There was besides a ample constabulary presence, galore of whom could beryllium seen wearing tactical gear.

L.A. County firefighters initially reported that determination were 3 gunshot victims, but aboriginal clarified that fig erstwhile details became much apparent.