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A shooter targeted two young children at a Christian school in a rural area, shooting them at the Feather River Adventist School in Oroville, California. The gunman later died from a self-inflicted gunshot wound.
Authored by Hank Sanders and Alexandra E. Petri.
On Wednesday afternoon, a shooter targeted two young children, ages 5 and 6, at a small religious school in rural California. The shooter then took his own life with a self-inflicted gunshot, according to a spokesperson from the Butte County Sheriff’s Office.
Law enforcement officials think that the shooter chose to attack the school because it is associated with the Seventh-day Adventist Church, a branch of Protestant Christianity. Both victims, who are male students, are in a very severe condition and are receiving treatment for their critical injuries at a trauma center in Sacramento. Butte County Sheriff Kory L. Honea provided this information during a press conference on Wednesday evening.
Around 1:10 p.m., law enforcement officials arrived at Feather River Adventist school in Oroville, California, following reports of an active shooter made through 911 calls. Megan McMann, a spokeswoman for the sheriff’s office, provided this information. The school is located approximately 60 miles north of Sacramento.
Initial findings indicated that the shooter arrived at the campus with the intention of meeting with the principal to talk about potentially enrolling a family member as a student. This meeting had been scheduled in advance and was described as being friendly. However, authorities are still investigating whether the meeting was a trick by the shooter to gain access to the school grounds.
Right after the meeting finished, the principal heard gunshots and screams, as mentioned by Sheriff Honea. He thought that the students were not in the classroom when the shooting occurred.
Upon arrival, law enforcement discovered the shooter, a man of legal age, was incapacitated due to a gunshot wound that seemed to be self-inflicted. A handgun was discovered in close proximity to the shooter’s body. The authorities are currently investigating how the shooter acquired the firearm.
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