A gunman shot and wounded two children at an elementary school in California on Wednesday before killing himself, according to a statement from local police and local media reports. The incident took place at a school in the city of Palermo, California, about 90 kilometers north of Sacramento, the Butte County Sheriff’s Office said. “The alleged gunman is dead,” he noted via X, urging parents to go pick up their children from a nearby church. The post did not mention student injuries. Butte County Sheriff Cory Honey told local television station KCRA, part of NBC’s national network, that the alleged shooter was found dead of a self-inflicted wound when officers arrived at the school. According to Megan McMann, a spokeswoman for the sheriff’s office, who confirmed this information by phone to Reuters news agency, the man opened fire on students around 1:09 p.m. (local time). Mrs McMann stated that […]
Source: News Beast
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