Nathaniel Berhow, 16, Identified As Saugus High School Shooter

16-year-old Nathaniel Berhow has been identified as the suspected gunman in a shooting at Saugus High School in Santa Clarita, California Thursday (Nov. 14) that has left at least three students dead and three others, including Berhow, injured.

Police said in a news conference Thursday that Berhow, an Asian male who was initially reported to be 15 years old, carried out the shooting on his 16th birthday. They also confirmed that he’s a student at the Southern California high school.

Authorities were reportedly alerted to the scene by an off-duty sheriff’s deputy who’d heard gunshots while dropping his child off at school Thursday morning at around 7:45 a.m. PST.

Police said Berhow pulled a handgun out of his backpack and shot five of his fellow students, killing three, before turning the gun on himself.

L.A. County Sheriff Alex Villanueva said the suspect was in “grave condition” at a hospital with a self-inflicted gunshot wound to the head.

The deceased victims were identified as a 16-year-old girl and two 14-year-old boys, while the wounded victims were ID’d as a 15-year-old girl and a 14-year-old girl.

Villanueva said, contrary to reports, the injured victims were not in critical condition.

Police said they weren’t looking for any other suspects and a weapon, described as a “semi-automatic pistol,” was recovered from the scene.

“It’s a .45-caliber semi-automatic pistol, which had no more rounds in it, had no more bullets in it,” Sheriff’s Department Captain Kent Wegener said.

Those who knew Berhow, a track and field athlete who reportedly came from a good family, said they had no idea he was capable of such as an attack.

“I would have never expected anything like this,” Brooke Hougo, one of Berhow’s teammates, told the Los Angeles Times.

More to come…