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Press Play with Madeleine Brand

After LAUSD shooting, questions about school security emerge

On Thursday, a 12-year-old girl brought a semi-automatic pistol to Sal Castro Middle School, near downtown LA. It went off apparently by accident, and wounded four students and one adult.

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By Madeleine Brand • Feb 2, 2018 • 1 min read

On Thursday, a 12-year-old girl brought a semi-automatic pistol to Sal Castro Middle School, near downtown LA. It went off apparently by accident, and wounded four students and one adult. Steven Zipperman, head of LAUSD police, got lots of questions about school security, and said this isn’t the time to open a debate on LAUSD random weapons searches.

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