Gunman storms into California religious school and opens fire, shooting two students before turning weapon on himself
A suspected gunman shot two students at a religious school in Palermo, California before fatally shooting himself.
Two students at Feather River School of Seventh-Day Adventists were taken to local hospitals after being shot Wednesday afternoon. Their condition is unknown.
A spokesperson for the Butte County Sheriff’s Office confirmed to DailyMail.com that the alleged shooter then ‘appears’ to have then taken his own life. His identity has not yet been released
The private elementary school was put on lockdown on Wednesday afternoon.
Sheriff Kory Honea said the department received an emergency call at around 1pm local time, according to KCRA.
The shooter is not believed to have any connection to the school or the campus, Honea said.
When deputies got to the campus, they found a man believed to be the shooter with a self-inflicted gunshot wound. That man is dead.
The identities of the two students who suffered gunshot wounds have not yet been revealed.
A suspected gunman shot two students at a religious school in Palermo, California before fatally shooting himself
Feather River School of Seventh-Day Adventists was put on lockdown on Wednesday afternoon
Honea said that one of the students had to be airlifted to a local hospital. The sheriff’s office in neighboring Sutter County told the Sacramento Bee this is an ‘isolated incident’ that has been contained.
‘BCSO is on scene of an active incident involving a shooting at Feather River School of Seventh-Day Adventists in Palermo,’ a spokesperson for the Butte County Sheriff’s Office previously told DailyMail.com in a statement.
‘Parents are asked to respond to the church to be reunified with their children. The suspected shooter is deceased. We will provide additional information once it’s available.’
According to its website, the religious school only has 33 students enrolled as of 2022, under the supervision of five teachers.
The students are being taken to the Oroville Church of the Nazarene, located at 2238 Monte Vista Avenue, Oroville.
The school advertises itself as intending to give a ‘spiritually oriented education for children.’
It has been teaching children in the same building since 1965.
California Highway Patrol has closed State Route 70 to northbound traffic near the school and are diverting traffic west.
Another southbound road is closed as well. Both closures are expected to last the next hour or so.
Palermo – home to about 5,500 people – is about 65 miles north of Sacramento.
This is a breaking news story.
