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A shooter targeted two young children at a small Christian school in a rural area. The incident took place at 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.
A person with a gun injured two young children, aged 5 and 6, at a small religious school in rural California on Wednesday afternoon. The person then died from a gunshot wound that authorities think may have been self-inflicted, according to a spokesperson from the Butte County Sheriff’s Office.
Officials suspect that the shooter chose to attack the school due to its connection to the Seventh-day Adventist faith. Two male students are currently in a very critical state with severe injuries, receiving treatment at a trauma center in the Sacramento region. Butte County Sheriff Kory L. Honea provided this information during a press conference on Wednesday evening.
Around 1:10 p.m., officials were called to Feather River Adventist School in Oroville, California, located approximately 60 miles north of Sacramento, in response to reports of an active shooter. Megan McMann, a spokeswoman for the sheriff’s office, confirmed the incident.
Initial reports indicated that the gunman arrived on the campus to talk to the principal about enrolling a family member as a student. The meeting was planned in advance and Sheriff Honea described it as friendly. However, investigators are looking into whether the gunman used the meeting as a pretext to gain access to the school.
The principal heard gunshots and screams shortly after the meeting finished, according to Sheriff Honea. He thought that the students were not in the classroom when the shooting occurred.
Upon arrival, the authorities discovered that the gunman, a grown man, had been injured by a self-inflicted gunshot wound. A handgun was found close to the gunman’s body. The authorities are currently investigating how the gunman came into possession of the gun.
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