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| California shooting: four dead and at least one child wounded at school | California shooting: four dead and at least one child wounded at school |
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| A gunman in California fired at random victims on Tuesday, killing four people at multiple locations and injuring at least one child at an elementary school, police said. | A gunman in California fired at random victims on Tuesday, killing four people at multiple locations and injuring at least one child at an elementary school, police said. |
| Authorities have not named the shooter but said he was killed by law enforcement officers after firing shots in numerous places in a rural area in northern California, including Tehama elementary school. | |
| “It was very clear at the onset that we had an individual that was randomly picking targets,” said assistant sheriff Phil Johnston, the Associated Press reported. | “It was very clear at the onset that we had an individual that was randomly picking targets,” said assistant sheriff Phil Johnston, the Associated Press reported. |
| Two hospitals were treating a total of seven people, including at least three children, according to the AP, which reported that one student was wounded at the school and another child and a woman were hit while driving. | Two hospitals were treating a total of seven people, including at least three children, according to the AP, which reported that one student was wounded at the school and another child and a woman were hit while driving. |
| 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,” Johnston told reporters earlier. | “That evolved to multiple victims and multiple shots at the elementary school,” Johnston told reporters earlier. |
| 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,” he said. | “We are spread thin,” he said. |
| Johnston also told reporters that he was “aware” of a domestic violence incident involving the suspect, which neighbors had reported. | Johnston also told reporters that he was “aware” of a domestic violence incident involving the suspect, which neighbors had reported. |
| Authorities said they recovered a semi-automatic rifle and two handguns. | Authorities said they recovered a semi-automatic rifle and two handguns. |
| 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. |
| The Guardian US is launching Break the Cycle, a new series to challenge the orthodoxy that gun reform is a hopeless pursuit. Follow along here | The Guardian US is launching Break the Cycle, a new series to challenge the orthodoxy that gun reform is a hopeless pursuit. Follow along here |