Boy Held in Shooting of 2 at S. Pasadena School
Police arrested a 14-year-old boy Saturday in connection with a shooting on a South Pasadena High School football field that left two people wounded during a postgame celebration.
The youth, whose name was not released, was being held at the South Pasadena jail as police sought two more suspects, both minors, said South Pasadena police Officer Rick Heltebrake.
No other details about the suspect were released.
One of the victims, a 16-year-old girl, suffered a bullet wound in the calf. She was treated at Huntington Memorial Hospital and released. A 48-year-old man, father of a South Pasadena High student, underwent surgery at Huntington for an abdominal wound and was listed in fair condition.
Neither victim’s name was released.
Shots rang out about 8:30 p.m. Friday as 150 people gathered on the field after a “powder puff” football game pitting junior and senior girls, police said.
Police did not release details of a possible motive but said the shooting appeared to be random, with someone firing into the crowd from the direction of another football field to the south, said South Pasadena police Sgt. Mark Miller.
“The field was intensely lit by stadium lighting, so everything beyond that was intensely dark,” Miller said.
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