Teen killed, 3 wounded in shooting at California high school graduation ceremony

One person was killed and three others injured in a shooting after a graduation ceremony at Fairfield High School on June 3. (KCRA via CNN Newsource)

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A teenager was killed and three people were wounded in a shooting after a California high school graduation ceremony Wednesday evening, according to authorities.

Police responded at about 7:15 p.m. local time to the shooting in the parking lot of Fairfield High School, about 50 miles northeast of San Francisco, Fairfield Police Department Officer Michelle Belyea said, according to CNN affiliate KCRA.

The youngest of the three wounded victims was 11 years old, and the others were adults ages 20 and 25, Belyea said.

“There was one additional victim, an 18-year-old, who did succumb to their injuries sustained during this incident,” she said.

“This is a very active incident,” Belyea said, adding an investigation is underway and police have no information to suggest there is “any ongoing threat to the community at this time.”

Authorities have not released any details about the suspect.

CNN has reached out to police and the Solano County Sheriff’s Office for more information.

The Fairfield-Suisun Unified School District told CNN law enforcement responded to the shooting after the graduation ceremony for Sem Yeto High School, which shares a campus with Fairfield, according to KCRA.

A man who attended the ceremony told KCRA he heard shots fired as photographs were being taken in the school parking lot.

Amanda Prieto, who lives near the school, said she was on the phone in her backyard when she heard the shots.

“I looked over the fence and people were just screaming and running through the parking lot. It was horrific,” Prieto told KCRA.

Prieto, whose 17-year-old son is a student at the school, said she was “immediately terrified.” Her husband, Luis Prieto, told KCRA emergency services acted swiftly, with patrol vehicles and ambulances on the site.

“Our thoughts are with the individuals affected and as soon as we have more details we will share that with you,” Ilana Israel Samuels, of the Fairfield-Suisun Unified School District, said in a statement to CNN.

By Laura Sharman, Diego Mendoza, CNN