TAFT-- Authorities are investivating widespread reports that a boy who opened fire in a Taft Union High School classroom Thursday speficially targeted students on a hit list.

The alleged list was compiled last year, members of the school community told reporters. The allegations surfaced quickly Thursday morning following the boy's use of a shotgun to critically injure a classmate and graze his teacher before he put down the weapon.

The teacher suffered a minor wound to the head when he was grazed by a pellet.  Fields was not hurt.

The suspected shooter, a 16-year-old boy who law enforcement has not named, is in custody.

The victim, who authorities also declined to identify, was in critical but stable condition Thursday afternoon after being airlifted to Kern Medical Center and undergoing surgery.

The boy was in an induced coma, standard procedure to keep him stable and safe, doctors said.  Read more at the Bakersfield Californian