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A shooter targeted and injured two young children at a rural Christian school in Oroville, California. The attacker, later identified as a man, died from a self-inflicted gunshot wound at the Feather River Adventist School.
Written by Hank Sanders and Alexandra E. Petri
An individual shot two young students, aged 5 and 6, at a small religious school in rural California on Wednesday afternoon. 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 Adventist religion, a branch of Protestant Christianity. Two male students are currently in a very critical condition with severe injuries and are receiving medical care at a trauma center in the Sacramento region, according to Butte County Sheriff Kory L. Honea, who provided an update during a press briefing on Wednesday evening.
Around 1:10 p.m., law enforcement officials were called to Feather River Adventist School in Oroville, California, following reports of an active shooter. The school is located approximately 60 miles north of Sacramento. Megan McMann, a representative for the sheriff’s office, confirmed the incident.
Initial reports indicated that the shooter entered the campus to meet with the principal about enrolling a family member as a student, in a meeting that had been planned beforehand, according to Sheriff Honea. The meeting was friendly, but investigators are still investigating whether the shooter used it as a pretense to gain access to the school grounds.
Not long after the meeting finished, the principal heard gunshots and screams, according to Sheriff Honea. The principal thought that the students were not in the classroom when the shooting occurred.
Upon arrival, the authorities discovered that the gunman, a man of adult age, was found deceased with a gunshot wound that seemed to be self-inflicted. A handgun was located close to the man’s body. The authorities are currently investigating how the gunman came into possession of the firearm.
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