Police search for school vandals whose actions left 67 classroom fish to die
Huntington Beach police were searching Friday for five suspects who cut power to a science lab at Edison High School, causing 67 fish to die.
Police responded to 21400 Magnolia St. at about 10:30 a.m. Nov. 19, police spokeswoman Jennifer Marlatt said.
Five suspects had cut power to the school’s Innovation science lab at about 1 a.m., stopping the oxygen pumps used in the classroom fish tanks, Marlatt said.
Sixty-seven fish, including tilapia, sea bass and catfish, died, Marlatt said.
The school suffered about $1,000 worth of losses.
Marlatt said police determined the number of suspects from surveillance video but were unable to identify characteristics of any of the vandals.
Students started a GoFundMe campaign to help raise money for new backup generators for the laboratory. They had raised $1,830 by Friday afternoon.
Police are asking anyone with information about the incident to call them at (714) 960-8811.
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