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Two young children in kindergarten are in stable condition after being shot at their rural school in Northern California. The shooter, who has a background of criminal behavior and mental health issues, injured the boys before being apprehended.
Authored by Soumya Karlamangla and Orlando Mayorquín
Soumya Karlamangla provided coverage from San Francisco, while Orlando Mayorquín reported from Oroville, California.
Two young children in kindergarten were walking to the bathroom during lunchtime on Wednesday at Feather River Adventist School. It was just a quick trip before returning to their classroom.
Instead, shortly after that, they were shot and severely injured by a shooter.
Two young boys, Roman Mendez, aged 6, and Elias Wolford, aged 5, were quickly taken from their school near Oroville, California. One was transported by ambulance and the other by helicopter, both urgently headed to hospitals without delay.
Vanessa Diaz expressed her distress over her brother Roman being in the intensive care unit and unconscious. She described the situation as heartbreaking.
The Butte County Sheriff’s Office announced on Thursday that the boys had shown improvement and were now in "critical but stable" condition. This news brought hope to the rural community located about 60 miles north of Sacramento, which has experienced a lot of hardships in recent years. Residents were coming together to organize fundraisers, hold vigils, and raise money to help the victims and their families, just as they had done in the past in this agricultural area.
In the past, the people living in this area experienced the devastation of the Camp fire, where 85 individuals lost their lives and the town of Paradise was completely destroyed. Additionally, a year prior to this fire, residents in Oroville had to quickly evacuate their homes due to fears that the Oroville Dam was on the brink of collapsing.
During the shooting on Wednesday, authorities suspect that the gunman, Glenn Litton, 56, specifically chose to target the parochial school due to its connection with the Seventh-day Adventists, a Protestant Christian group. Litton later took his own life.
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