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A shooter targeted and injured two young children at a small 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.
Authored by Hank Sanders and Alexandra E. Petri.
A person with a gun shot two young children, ages 5 and 6, at a small religious school in rural California on Wednesday afternoon. The shooter then died from what officials think was a self-inflicted gunshot wound, 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 religion. Both students who were injured, both male, are in very critical condition and are receiving treatment for severe injuries at a trauma center in Sacramento. Butte County Sheriff Kory L. Honea provided this information during a news conference held on Wednesday evening.
Around 1:10 p.m., officials went to 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, confirmed the response.
Initial reports indicated that the gunman arrived at the campus to discuss enrolling a family member as a student with the principal in a pre-planned meeting, according to Sheriff Honea. The meeting was described as friendly, but investigators are still determining if the gunman’s intentions were genuine or if he used the meeting as a way to access the school grounds.
Not long after the meeting finished, the principal heard gunshots and people screaming, as reported by Sheriff Honea. It is suspected that the students were not inside the classroom when the shooting occurred.
Upon the arrival of law enforcement, it was discovered that the shooter, a man of legal age, was found deceased from what seemed to be a self-inflicted gunshot wound. A handgun was located close to the man’s body. Officials are currently investigating how the shooter acquired the firearm.
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