At least one person was shot at a high school in California on Thursday, authorities there say.
The shooting occurred at Taft Union High School in Bakersfield, Calif., at approximately 9:00 a.m. local time, a Kern County Sheriff official said.
The sheriff's official said the suspected shooter--a student at the school--was taken into custody. The official said the weapon appeared to be a shotgun.

One victim was airlifted to Kern Medical Center, the official said. It was not immediately clear if that victim is a student at the school. A second person, identified by the official as a teacher at the school, was apparently grazed by the shotgun blast, but denied medical treatment.
A press briefing was scheduled for Thursday afternon.
ABC's Kero-Bakersfield affiliate said it received calls from students who were hiding in closets inside the school, located about 120 miles north of Los Angeles.

According to Reuters, a sheriff's department dispatcher said a gunman opened fire on the second floor of the school, but gave no further details.
Students were evacuated while sheriff's and fire personnel conducted room-to-room searches at the school. The high school was featured in the 1986 film "The Best of Times" starring Robin Williams and Kurt Russell.
According to the school's website,

The shootings come less than a month after 26 people, including 20 children, were killed at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Conn., in one of the worst school shootings in U.S. history--leading to calls for reform to the country's gun laws.
On Thursday, Vice President Joe Biden, appointed to lead a task force to reduce U.S. gun violence, was scheduled to meet with members of the National Rifle Association in Washington to discuss gun control.

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