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Two young children in kindergarten were taken to hospitals for treatment after being shot at their school in Northern California by a gunman. The suspect, who has a record of criminal activity and mental health issues, caused the incident on the rural campus. The children are currently in critical condition but their status is stable.
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 a Wednesday at Feather River Adventist School. It was a routine trip before returning to their classroom.
Instead, not long after, they were shot and suffered serious injuries from a shooter.
Two young boys, Roman Mendez, aged 6, and Elias Wolford, aged 5, were quickly taken from their small school near Oroville, California. One was transported by ambulance and the other by helicopter, both urgently heading to hospitals without delay.
Vanessa Diaz expressed her distress over the situation, as she visits her brother Roman in the ICU where he is still unconscious. She described the experience as very sad and heartbreaking.
The Butte County Sheriff’s Office announced on Thursday that the boys are now in "critical but stable" condition, which brought hope to the rural community located about 60 miles north of Sacramento. This community has experienced a lot of sadness in recent years, but residents are coming together to organize fundraisers, hold vigils, and raise money to support the victims and their families, just as they have done in the past in this agricultural area.
In the past six years, the people living in this area experienced the devastating Camp fire that resulted in the loss of 85 lives and the destruction of Paradise, a town located around 20 miles away. Prior to this, residents in Oroville had to quickly evacuate due to fears of the Oroville Dam potentially bursting one night.
During the shooting incident on Wednesday, it is believed by authorities that the gunman, identified as Glenn Litton, 56, intentionally targeted the parochial school due to its connection with the Seventh-day Adventists, a Protestant Christian group. He later took his own life.
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