Feather River School of Seventh-Day Adventists: Gunman wounds two children in US shooting
A gunman has shot and wounded two children at a California primary school before shooting himself dead, the local sheriff’s department says.
The shooting occurred on Wednesday at Feather River School of Seventh-Day Adventists in Oroville, California, located about 90km north of Sacramento, the Butte County Sheriff’s office said.
Megan McMann, a spokesperson for the Butte County Sheriff’s Office, said officers responded quickly to reports of an unidentified adult male firing shots at students on campus at 1.09pm.
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“Two students sustained gunshot wounds and were taken to local hospitals for treatment,” McMann said, adding that she did not know their conditions.
There is as yet no known motive for the shooting nor has the gunman been identified.
In a post on social media, the Butte County Sheriff’s Office said students were being taken to a nearby church.
McMann said an investigation is ongoing and officers are trying to determine whether the suspected gunman had a connection to the school.
The Feather River School of Seventh-Day Adventists, operated by the Seventh-day Adventist Church, serves children from kindergarten to the eighth grade, from ages 5 to 13, according to its website.
