Hot Button: Another School Shooting
Five wounded as student opens fire in school only a few miles away from Santana H.S.
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Gunfire erupted at another high school in the hills east of San Diego, less than a month after two students were killed in a school shooting a few miles away.

Police say an 18-year-old senior armed with a shotgun and handgun opened fire at the school Thursday, hitting at least three students and two teachers with shotgun pellets.

The most serious injuries were sustained by the suspect, who was shot in the jaw and buttocks in a gun battle with a campus officer, said police Capt. Bill McClurg.

Police said the shooter, identified as Jason Hoffman, had a 12-gauge shotgun and a .22-caliber semiautomatic handgun, which prosecutors said came from Hoffman's home.

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