2 women shot on campus of small technical college near Los Angeles

INGLEWOOD Calif AP Two female employees of a Southern California technical college were shot on campus Friday and taken to the hospital in an case that officials were attributing to workplace violence The shooting occurred around p m in an office at the Spartan College of Aeronautics and System Campus in Inglewood where Mayor James Butts commented the suspect was thought to be a former employee Aerial TV video proved a heavy police presence outside the campus in the city which abuts Los Angeles to the southwest One of the casualties was in critical condition Butts noted The Los Angeles County Fire Department ratified on the social platform X that two people were taken to the hospital The school went on lockdown for at least an hour after the shooting Chris Becker president and chief administrator of the campus stated KABC-TV that the campus is patrolled regularly and that as an aviation school safety is one of the things it focuses on the the greater part It s a peaceful campus Becker mentioned It s a nice area of students and teachers and staff The Spartan College of Aeronautics and Mechanism has campuses across the country Its Inglewood location accommodates students and offers training programs focused on aviation maintenance innovation according to its website It is about a mile about kilometers from the Los Angeles International Airport