Nathaniel Berhow
Nathaniel Tennosuke Berhow (16 Years of age at the time of the shooting) was an Japanese-American mass murderer responsible for the Saugus High School Shooting in Santa Clarita, California. On November 14, 2019 Berhow arrived to school before the start of classes with a .45 Caliber semiautomatic handgun and attempted to fire the pistol at students in the outside courtyard or quad.
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After firing one round, the pistol jammed. Prior to this Berhow managed to fix the gun and kill 2 while injuring 3 before turning the gun on himself. The entire shooting was only 16 seconds long. The weapon was later identified as a ghost gun assembled by a kit.
The school's response to this shooting increased police security at the school and the school now holds 2 lockdown drills per year following a "Text-a-Tip" hotline for students to report suspicious behavior.
Nathaniel's early life before the shooting could have encouraged him to commit the shooting. His father, Mark Berhow died in December 2017 from a heart attack and had a history of alcoholism. In 2016 before the death of Mark, Mami Matsuura (the mother of Nathaniel) sued Mark for the custody of the children.