Gunman Shoots 2 Students at Rural California School, Officials Say

U.S.|Gunman Shoots 2 Students at Rural California School, Officials Say

A gunman shot two students at a rural California school on Wednesday afternoon and then died from what the authorities believe was a self-inflicted gunshot wound, a spokesman for the Butte County Sheriff’s Office said.

The authorities responded to the Feather River Adventist School in Oroville, Calif., a private school about 60 miles north of Sacramento, immediately after receiving 911 calls at 1:09 p.m., said Megan McMann, a spokeswoman for the sheriff’s office.

One of the students who was shot was flown by helicopter to a hospital while the other was taken by ground, she said. Their identities, ages and conditions were not immediately available. Ms. McMann said she did not think anybody else had been injured.

The shooter was an adult male but no other information about his identity or possible connection to the school was available.

Other students at the school, which teaches kindergarten through eighth grade, were later taken to a church about 10 miles north of the school, where their parents were asked to pick them up.

Peyton Sherwood, who works at Duke Sherwood Contracting Inc., which has an office near the school, said that he saw several helicopters circling above the school. At least one helicopter landed, he said, adding that there were a lot of cars and sheriff’s office personnel in front of the school.

This is a developing story.