Gunman kills four in Northern California shooting spree

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Gunman kills four in Northern California shooting spree

 

(Reuters) - A gunman carrying a semi-automatic weapon and two handguns opened fire at multiple locations across a small Northern California community on Tuesday, killing four people before he was slain by police.

 

At least 10 other people were wounded, including two children at an elementary school near the small town of Corning, about 100 miles north of Sacramento, where the suspect was slain, according to police and local media.

 

"Deeply saddened to hear of the shooting in Northern California, the loss of life, including innocent children," Vice President Mike Pence said on Twitter. "We commend the effort of courageous law enforcement. We'll continue to monitor the situation & provide federal support, as we pray for comfort & healing for all impacted."

 

Shots were fired at Rancho Tehama Elementary school and some people were injured there but no students or staff members died, Corning Union Elementary School District administrative assistant Jeanine Quist told Reuters.

 

Tehama County Assistant Sheriff Phil Johnston said at a press conference that the shooter, who was not identified by law enforcement, had been armed with a semi-automatic rifle and two handguns

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Johnston did not give a motive for the shooting rampage. The local Redding Record Searchlight newspaper reported that it began when the gunman opened fire at a home and some six other locations shortly after 8 a.m. Pacific Time (11 a.m. ET).

 

A parent, Coy Ferreira, said he was dropping off his daughter at the elementary school when he heard gunfire.

 

"One of the teachers came running out of the building and told us to all run inside because there was a shooter coming," Ferreira told Redding, California, television station KRCR.

 

"So we all hurried up and ran and told the students to get in the classrooms."

 

Ferreira said he heard gunfire for over 20 minutes and that a student in the room was struck.

 

Area resident Brian Flint told local media his neighbour was the shooter and had stolen his truck.

 

Enloe Medical Center in Chico, some 40 miles southeast of the school, received five patients, three of whom were treated and released, hospital spokeswoman Natali Munoz-Moore said. She provided no details on their conditions.

 

St. Elizabeth Community Hospital in the community of Red Bluff received two patients, including one who was stabilized and transferred to another facility, spokeswoman Amanda Harter said.

 

Mercy Medical Center in Redding received three patients, including one who also was transferred elsewhere, Harter said.

 

(Reporting by Alex Dobuzinskis in Los Angeles and Peter Szekely and Daniel Wallis in New York; writing by Dan Whitcomb; editing by Frances Kerry and Phil Berlowitz)

 

-- © Copyright Reuters 2017-11-15

[isaanbanhou]

[observer90210]

Sad news for the USA and it is unfortunately becoming almost routine news.

 

No comment on the firearms issue, as the usual arguments from the pro and anti-gun lobbies will remain the same....on one side "guns don't kill people do"....and on the other side "ban all firearms"...etc....

 

.....but at one point, the authorities will need to drastically react to stop these carnages against innocent people....

 

RIP to the victims and their families.

[Samui Bodoh]

It is truly sad that people have to endure the pain of these events.

 

What is worse is that no one seems to be able to take action to stop them.

 

How many more? It is a terrible thing to say, but just re-set the clock until the next one...

[sanuk711]

Five dead in mass shooting in California:

 Thoughts and prayers all round then.

That should keep the peace for a week......until the next one...

[Emster23]

USA has gun massacres, Thailand has road carnage. Both public safety issues. Both will be ignored or given lip service aka "thoughts and prayers"

[DM07]

...is this new?

Or from last week?

Sorry, I can't keep up anymore!

[Thakkar]

For those who will inevitably say it is too early to talk about gun control, please note that for the victims of this shooting, it is too late to be talking about gun control.

[alanrchase]

The "too soon" clock has been reset again.

[steven100]

and they say it's their given right to bear arms .....  Ridiculous.    !      it's about the only common sense law Australia has going for it.

 

No guns =  less shootings.

[Berkshire]

Only 4 dead?  That's not enough to move the meter anymore.  There won't be wall-to-wall coverage in the media.  Just another ordinary day in the wild west, formerly known as the USA. 

[ALLSEEINGEYE]

Hey Pence, you bible thumping moron!!! Stop offering your useless prayers and be a real Christian and do the right thing by implementing stricter gun controls!!!!

 

Your religious convictions seem to be Trumped (pun intended) by your greed from the money paid to all you politicians by the NRA.

 

Truly evil.

[dunroaming]

9 hours ago, observer90210 said:

Sad news for the USA and it is unfortunately becoming almost routine news.

 

No comment on the firearms issue, as the usual arguments from the pro and anti-gun lobbies will remain the same....on one side "guns don't kill people do"....and on the other side "ban all firearms"...etc....

 

.....but at one point, the authorities will need to drastically react to stop these carnages against innocent people....

 

RIP to the victims and their families.

Sadly it is routine news these days.  I am sure the response will be that "This is not the time to discuss gun control".  No point in us all calling for change because the people of the USA are too obsessed with their macho armoury.

[Jdietz]

With mass shootings in the US now averaging over one a day, it shouldn't even be news anymore, just publish monthly statistics.

 

Source: http://www.shootingtracker.com/Main_Page

[Dumbastheycome]

5 hours ago, dunroaming said:

Sadly it is routine news these days.  I am sure the response will be that "This is not the time to discuss gun control".  No point in us all calling for change because the people of the USA are too obsessed with their macho armoury.

It  s   not  the  armoury, its  the instituted   macho ! 

[Grouse]

Maybe California will outlaw semEYE automatics. If CA won't do it there is no hope

[metisdead]

Posts trolling about Trump have been removed as well as the replies. 

[Ruffian Dick]

I wonder if Americans are as likely to do something constructive about gun violence as the Thais are about roadway deaths.