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A shooter targeted and shot two young children at a rural Christian school in Oroville, California. The gunman, who later died from a self-inflicted gunshot wound, attacked the Feather River Adventist School.
Authored by Hank Sanders and Alexandra E. Petri
On Wednesday afternoon, a shooter targeted two young students, aged 5 and 6, at a small religious school in rural California. The authorities believe the shooter then took their own life with a self-inflicted gunshot wound, according to a spokesperson from the Butte County Sheriff’s Office.
Law enforcement officials suspect that the shooter chose to attack the school due to its connection to the Seventh-day Adventist Church, a branch of Protestant Christianity. Both victims, who are male students, are in a dire state and are receiving treatment for severe injuries at a trauma center in the Sacramento region. Butte County Sheriff, Kory L. Honea, announced this information during a press briefing held 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 from 911 calls. Megan McMann, a spokesperson for the sheriff’s office, confirmed the incident occurred about 60 miles north of Sacramento.
Initial reports indicated that the shooter entered the campus with the intention of meeting with the principal to discuss enrolling a family member as a student, in a meeting that had been planned beforehand, according to Sheriff Honea. The meeting was described as friendly, but authorities are investigating whether the shooter’s true intention was to use this meeting as a cover to gain access to the school grounds.
Not long after the meeting concluded, the principal heard gunshots and screams, according to Sheriff Honea. The principal thought that the students were not inside the classroom when the shooting occurred.
Upon arrival of the authorities, they discovered that the shooter, a grown man, was incapacitated due to what seemed to be a self-inflicted gunshot wound, as stated by the sheriff. A handgun was also discovered close to the shooter’s body. Investigating how the shooter acquired the gun is still ongoing.
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