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Two young children in kindergarten are in stable condition after being shot at their school in Northern California. The shooter, who has a past of criminal activity and mental health issues, targeted the boys on the rural campus. Both victims were quickly taken to hospitals for treatment.
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 their lunch break on Wednesday at Feather River Adventist School. It was just a quick trip before they returned to their classroom.
Instead, shortly after that, they were shot and seriously 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 being urgently taken to hospitals without delay.
Vanessa Diaz expressed her distress over the situation, mentioning that it is devastating to see her brother Roman in the intensive care unit still unconscious.
The Butte County Sheriff’s Office announced on Thursday that the boys are now in "critical but stable" condition, bringing some hope to the rural community located about 60 miles north of Sacramento. This community has faced a lot of hardships in recent years, but residents are coming together to organize fundraisers, hold vigils, and raise money to support the victims and their families, just like they have done in the past in this agricultural area.
In the past, the people living in this area experienced the devastation of the Camp fire, which resulted in the loss of 85 lives and the destruction of the town of Paradise, located approximately 20 miles away. Additionally, a year before this tragic event, the residents of Oroville had to hastily pack their belongings into their vehicles and evacuate the town out of fear that the Oroville Dam could potentially burst at any moment.
During the shooting on Wednesday, authorities suspect that the shooter, 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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