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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 passed away after apparently shooting himself.
Written by Hank Sanders and Alexandra E. Petri
On Wednesday afternoon, a shooter targeted two young children, aged 5 and 6, at a small religious school in rural California. The shooter then took his own life with a self-inflicted gunshot wound, according to a representative from the Butte County Sheriff’s Office.
Law enforcement officials suspect that the shooter chose the school as a target due to its connection to the Seventh-day Adventist religion, a Protestant Christian group. Two male students are currently in a severe condition and receiving treatment for their critical injuries at a trauma center in the Sacramento region, according to Butte County Sheriff Kory L. Honea during a press briefing on Wednesday evening.
Around 1:10 p.m., law enforcement officials arrived at Feather River Adventist School in Oroville, California, approximately 60 miles north of Sacramento, following reports of an active shooter made through 911 calls. Megan McMann, a spokesperson for the sheriff’s office, provided this information.
Initial reports indicated that the shooter went to the school campus to speak with the principal about enrolling a relative as a student in a meeting that had already been planned, according to Sheriff Honea. The meeting was described as friendly, but investigators are still trying to determine if the shooter had ulterior motives in order to gain access to the school.
Right after the meeting finished, the principal heard gunshots and screaming, according to Sheriff Honea. He thought the students were not in the classroom when the shooting happened.
Upon arrival, authorities discovered the gunman, who was an adult male, had sustained a self-inflicted gunshot wound and was incapacitated. A handgun was located in close proximity to the gunman’s body. Investigation is ongoing to determine how the gunman acquired the firearm.
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