Children in Carlsbad ran for their lives Friday after a gunman — whom a witness described as deranged — scaled a fence and opened fire. The heroic actions of a neighbor and a pair of construction workers finally put an end to the terrifying ordeal.
Police confirmed at about 2 p.m. on Friday that two children who had been playing outside at recess at Kelly Elementary School in Carlsbad were “shot in the extremities” and had “non-life-threatening wounds.”
Police spokesman Lt. Kelly Cain described the shooter, who witnesses said leapt a fence to gain access to the campus at about 12:10 p.m., as a “gray-haired” man but offered no other details.
