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A person shot two young children at a small Christian school in a rural area, with the incident appearing to be a deliberate attack. The shooter, who was at the Feather River Adventist School in Oroville, California, died from a self-inflicted gunshot wound, according to officials.
Authored 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 died from 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 Adventists, a branch of Protestant Christianity. Both victims, who are male students, are in a critical state and are receiving urgent medical care for severe injuries at a trauma center in Sacramento. This information was shared by 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 representative for the sheriff’s office, confirmed the incident.
Initial findings indicated that the shooter had arrived at the campus with the intention of meeting the principal to talk about enrolling a family member as a student. Sheriff Honea mentioned that this meeting had been planned beforehand and was described as friendly. However, investigators were looking into whether the meeting was a trick by the shooter to gain access to the school premises.
Not long after the meeting was over, the principal heard gunshots and people screaming, according to Sheriff Honea. He thought that the students were not in the classroom at the time of the shooting.
Upon arrival, law enforcement discovered that the shooter, a male adult, was incapacitated due to a gunshot wound that seemed to have been self-inflicted. A handgun was discovered close to the shooter’s body. The authorities are currently investigating how the shooter came into possession of the firearm.
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