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Tehama County school shooting: At least five people killed as shooter opens fire at elementary school Tehama County school shooting: At least five people killed as shooter opens fire at elementary school
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At least five people have died in a California school shooting, sheriff's officials said. Police are searching for a motive after a shooting spree left five dead in a northern California town, terrifying residents as the gunman opened fire on an elementary school.
An official with the Tehama County Sheriff's office said the shooter was among the dead after having opened fire at a local elementary school. None of the slain were children “as far as we're aware of”, Assistant Sheriff Phil Johnston told reporters. An official with the Tehama County Sheriff's office said the shooter was among the dead. None of the slain were children “as far as we're aware of”, Assistant Sheriff Phil Johnston told reporters.
The alleged assailant was killed by “law enforcement bullets”, Mr Johnston said. Mr Johnston said officers had recovered a semiautomatic rifle and two handguns believed to have been used by the shooter.The alleged assailant was killed by “law enforcement bullets”, Mr Johnston said. Mr Johnston said officers had recovered a semiautomatic rifle and two handguns believed to have been used by the shooter.
After police responded to a call at around 8 a.m., Mr Johnston said, the suspect engaged in a 45-minute spree that saw him conduct “several random drive-by shootings of residences”. Officers engaged and killed the suspect as he was fleeing the elementary school, Mr Johnston said. The shooting spree began at a home and ended at Rancho Tehama School near the town of Corning, the Sacramento television station KCRA reported, citing law enforcement.
It appeared that that incident began as a domestic violence dispute, Mr Johnston said, and escalated as the assailant began “randomly picking targets”. The sheriff’s official said the suspect was “known to law enforcement but I don’t know him to be a felon”. After police responded to a call at around 8am local time, Mr Johnston said, the suspect engaged in a 45-minute spree that saw him conduct “several random drive-by shootings of residences”. Officers engaged and killed the suspect as he was fleeing the elementary school, Mr Johnston said.
It appeared that that suspect was involved in a domestic dispute, Mr Johnston said, before embarking on a massacre that involved “randomly picking targets”. The sheriff’s official said the suspect was “known to law enforcement but I don’t know him to be a felon” and added “there was a neighborhood dispute ongoing”.
 Mr Johnston added that police had not yet established a reason for the killings. Mr Johnston added that police had not yet established a reason for the killings.
“We don't know what the motives are for this individual to go on this shooting spree”, Mr Johnston said.“We don't know what the motives are for this individual to go on this shooting spree”, Mr Johnston said.
Mr Johnston said that “a number of students” had been medically evacuated from the school, which had been cleared. Other students were moved to a safe location, he said.Mr Johnston said that “a number of students” had been medically evacuated from the school, which had been cleared. Other students were moved to a safe location, he said.
He said around 100 law enforcement officers had been deployed around the town of Rancho Tehama and were investigating at least seven scenes related to the shooting.He said around 100 law enforcement officers had been deployed around the town of Rancho Tehama and were investigating at least seven scenes related to the shooting.
California Gov Jerry Brown responded to the news by saying he and his wife Anne Gust Brown were “saddened to hear about today's violence in Tehama County, which shockingly involved schoolchildren.” Enloe Medical Center in Chico, more than 40 miles southeast of the school, received five patients, and three of them were treated and released, with another two hospitals receiving at least two patients each.
“We offer our condolences to the families who lost loved ones and unite with all Californians in grief,” Brown said in a statement. Shots were fired at the school and some people were injured at the campus but no students or staff members died, Corning Union Elementary School District administrative assistant Jeanine Quist told Reuters.
A parent, Coy Ferreira, said he was dropping off his daughter when he heard gunshots. “One of the teachers came running out of the building and told us to all run inside because there was a shooter coming,” Mr Ferreira told KRCR TV station.
“So we all hurried up and ran and told the students to get in the classrooms,” Mr Ferreira said, adding that he heard gunfire for over 20 minutes and a student in the room was struck.
California Governor Jerry Brown responded to the news by saying he and his wife Anne Gust Brown were “saddened to hear about today's violence in Tehama County, which shockingly involved schoolchildren.”
“We offer our condolences to the families who lost loved ones and unite with all Californians in grief,” Mr Brown said.