3 Students Hurt in Pipe Bomb Explosion at La Puente School
Three Nogales High School students were injured Monday morning, one seriously, when a pipe bomb one of them was holding exploded.
The seriously wounded student, James Price, 16, discovered the device in a locker next to his at the La Puente school, said Sheriff’s Deputy Benita Nichols. Price suffered wounds to his hands, chest and head. Francisco Villalobes, 15, suffered a concussion and possible hearing loss. Another student, Juan Villaforte, suffered minor cuts to the hands and face, Nichols said.
According to Los Angeles County Fire Capt. Doug Brickey, the bomb went off at 10:29 a.m. after Price reportedly showed the bomb to the other two. Paramedics arrived and took the youths to Pomona Valley Hospital.
All students were evacuated to the athletic field while sheriff’s deputies with a bomb-sniffing dog investigated the area, sheriff’s deputies said.
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