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A shooter targeted and wounded two young students at a Christian school in a rural area. The incident took place at Feather River Adventist School in Oroville, California, and the shooter later died from a self-inflicted gunshot wound.
Written by Hank Sanders and Alexandra E. Petri
According to a spokesperson from the Butte County Sheriff’s Office, a shooter fired at two young children, aged 5 and 6, at a small religious school in rural California. The authorities believe the shooter then died from a self-inflicted gunshot wound.
Law enforcement suspects that the shooter chose the school as a target because it is associated with the Seventh-day Adventist religion. Two male students are currently in critical condition with severe injuries at a trauma center in Sacramento, according to Butte County Sheriff Kory L. Honea during a press conference on Wednesday evening.
Around 1:10 p.m., law enforcement officials went to Feather River Adventist school in Oroville, California, which is approximately 60 miles north of Sacramento, in response to emergency calls reporting an active shooter. Megan McMann, a spokeswoman for the sheriff’s office, provided this information.
Early information indicated that the shooter arrived at the campus to talk with the principal about enrolling a relative as a student, in a meeting that had been arranged beforehand, according to Sheriff Honea. The meeting was friendly, but investigators are still determining if the shooter may have used it as a distraction to gain access to the school.
Right after the meeting finished, the principal heard gunshots and screams, according to Sheriff Honea. He thought that the students were not in the classroom when the shooting occurred.
Upon arrival, law enforcement discovered that the gunman, a man of legal age, was found deceased with an apparent self-inflicted gunshot wound. A handgun was located in close proximity to the gunman’s body. Authorities are currently investigating how the gunman came to possess the firearm.
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