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What we know about the Saugus High School shooting suspect

SANTA CLARITA, Calif. - The Saugus High School student suspected of shooting five people on campus - killing two - on his 16th birthday was described by neighbors and classmates as a quiet kid.

The Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department received a call at 7:38 a.m. Thursday and minutes later arrived at the Santa Clarita school to find six students with gunshot wounds, including the suspect. They were all transported to a hospital, where a 16-year-old female student and a 14-year-old male student died.

The suspect, identified

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