Four people are dead after a gunman opened fire in northern California at several locations, including an elementary school, police have said.<\/p>\n
The shooting broke out at a home in the rural community of Rancho Tehama, about 120 miles (195km) from Sacramento, on Tuesday morning.<\/p>\n
Police say the gunman was shot and killed by law enforcement after four others were killed in the rampage.<\/p>\n
Officials believe the shootings started as a “domestic violence” incident.<\/p>\n
The shooting began at a home in Tehama County and later moved to the exterior Rancho Tehama Elementary school, according to police.<\/p>\n
The gunman appeared to be “randomly picking targets”,\u00a0Tehama County Assistant Sheriff Phil Johnston told the Los Angeles Times newspaper<\/a>.<\/p>\n Mr Johnston said “a number” of students had been medically evacuated from the school in Rancho Tehama, a subdivision community of about 1,500 people.<\/p>\n “We have about 100 law enforcement personnel in Rancho Tehama right now, with multiple, multiple scenes,” Mr Johnston told the newspaper.<\/p>\n A student at the elementary school was shot and another child was hit in a truck along a road, Mr Johnston said. A woman driving the truck was also struck and all three were being treated for injuries, he said.<\/p>\n A semi-automatic rifle and two handguns were recovered from one of the crime scenes, police said.<\/p>\n The gunman, who police have yet to identify, was involved in a “domestic violence incident” that was reported by neighbours before the shooting rampage, Mr Johnston added.<\/p>\n The Redding Record Searchlight newspaper spoke to a man who said he was a neighbour of the unidentified gunman.<\/p>\n Brian Flint said his neighbour “has been shooting a lot of bullets lately, hundreds of rounds, large magazines”.<\/p>\n “We made it aware [to police] that this guy is crazy and he’s been threatening us,”\u00a0he told the newspaper.<\/a><\/p>\n California Governor Jerry Brown issued a statement saying he and his wife were “saddened to hear about today’s violence in Tehama County”.<\/p>\n “We offer our condolences to the families who lost loved ones and unite with all Californians in grief.”<\/p>\n Source: bbc.co.uk<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"