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| California shooting: at least three dead as children wounded at school – police | California shooting: at least three dead as children wounded at school – police |
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| A California shooting left several people dead and multiple children injured at an elementary school on Tuesday, police said. | A California shooting left several people dead and multiple children injured at an elementary school on Tuesday, police said. |
| Authorities said a shooter fired shots in multiple locations in a rural area in northern California, including at Tehama elementary school, before law enforcement officers killed the suspect. School officials said students were shot and wounded. | |
| Police have said at least three people died, but it is unclear if that number includes the suspect. | |
| Officials said there were calls of “multiple shots fired” around 8am local time in Rancho Tehama, an area three hours north of San Francisco. | Officials said there were calls of “multiple shots fired” around 8am local time in Rancho Tehama, an area three hours north of San Francisco. |
| “That evolved to multiple victims and multiple shots at the elementary school,” Phil Johnston, an assistant sheriff, told reporters. “I don’t know how many victims. I know of at least three deaths.” | “That evolved to multiple victims and multiple shots at the elementary school,” Phil Johnston, an assistant sheriff, told reporters. “I don’t know how many victims. I know of at least three deaths.” |
| BREAKING: At least 3 dead in shooting in Tehama Co. it started at a home and moved to the school. Shooter shot and killed by police. pic.twitter.com/xIKvyIxq4y | BREAKING: At least 3 dead in shooting in Tehama Co. it started at a home and moved to the school. Shooter shot and killed by police. pic.twitter.com/xIKvyIxq4y |
| Johnston said police were investigating at least five crime scenes, adding: “The school has been cleared. We have the children that were attending school in a safe location. | Johnston said police were investigating at least five crime scenes, adding: “The school has been cleared. We have the children that were attending school in a safe location. |
| “We are spread thin,” the assistant sheriff said. | “We are spread thin,” the assistant sheriff said. |
| Three people were being treated at a hospital in Redding, which is 50 miles north of the shootings, a spokesperson for Mercy medical center told the Associated Press. | Three people were being treated at a hospital in Redding, which is 50 miles north of the shootings, a spokesperson for Mercy medical center told the Associated Press. |
| The shooting happened the same day that family members of the Sandy Hook elementary school shooting victims were in court in a case challenging gun companies for marketing and selling an AR-15-style rifle. That weapon was used to kill 20 children and six adults in December 2012 in Newtown, Connecticut, in one of the worst mass shootings in America. | The shooting happened the same day that family members of the Sandy Hook elementary school shooting victims were in court in a case challenging gun companies for marketing and selling an AR-15-style rifle. That weapon was used to kill 20 children and six adults in December 2012 in Newtown, Connecticut, in one of the worst mass shootings in America. |
| The families face an uphill battle due to a 2005 law that protects gun manufacturers from liability when their weapons are misused by criminals. | The families face an uphill battle due to a 2005 law that protects gun manufacturers from liability when their weapons are misused by criminals. |
| The northern California shooting happened less than two weeks after a gunman used an AR-15-style rifle to kill 25 people, including many children, at a church in Sutherland Springs, Texas. In Las Vegas weeks earlier, 58 people were killed and hundreds more injured in the deadliest mass shooting in modern US history. | The northern California shooting happened less than two weeks after a gunman used an AR-15-style rifle to kill 25 people, including many children, at a church in Sutherland Springs, Texas. In Las Vegas weeks earlier, 58 people were killed and hundreds more injured in the deadliest mass shooting in modern US history. |