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On Thursday, November 17, the Long Beach Unified School District confirmed with L.A. TACO that a teacher at Wilson High School was placed on administrative leave following claims that the teacher told students he wanted to shoot them.
This comes after a local business, Mariscos El Garage, brought the accusations to light in an Instagram post. Elsa Barragan, the owner of the business, expressed her concern after her nephew let her know of the teacher's alleged actions.
“My nephew and my son both attend Wilson," Barragan told us over the phone. "The incident happened on Wednesday, Nov. 2nd during my nephew's class. The teacher’s name is Mr. Hamilton.”
In her online post, Barragan explained how her nephew was in class that Wednesday, with everyone working in groups. The teacher in question approached her nephew's group and allegedly told them: