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Two young children in kindergarten were taken to hospitals and are in a ‘critical but stable’ condition after being shot by a shooter at their rural school in Northern California. The authorities reported that the suspect has a criminal record and a history of mental illness.
Written 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. This was just a quick trip before returning to their classroom.
Instead, not long after that, they were shot and seriously injured by a shooter.
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 taken to hospitals urgently.
Vanessa Diaz expressed her distress over the situation, as she visits her unconscious brother Roman in the intensive care unit. She described the experience as heartbreaking.
The Butte County Sheriff’s Office announced on Thursday that the boys’ condition had improved to "critical but stable," providing some hope to the rural community located about 60 miles north of Sacramento. This community has faced significant challenges in recent years, and residents are coming together to organize fundraisers, vigils, and provide support to the victims and their families, as they have done in the past in this agricultural area.
Residents in this area experienced the devastating Camp fire six years ago, resulting in the loss of 85 lives and the destruction of the town of Paradise located about 20 miles away. Just a year before that fire, residents in Oroville had to quickly evacuate their homes in fear of the Oroville Dam potentially collapsing.
During the shooting on Wednesday, authorities suspect that the shooter, Glenn Litton, 56, specifically chose to target the parochial school because it was associated with the Seventh-day Adventist religion. Afterwards, he took his own life.
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