Gunman kills four in California shooting spree

T TV Wednesday 15/November/2017 13:14 PM
By: Times News Service

A gunman opened fire at multiple locations across a small Northern California community on on Tuesday, killing four people before he was slain by police. Chris Dignam reports.
A lone gunman, armed with a semi-automatic rifle and two handguns, killed four people on Tuesday after opening fire at multiple locations across a small Northern California community.
TEHAMA COUNTY ASSISTANT SHERIFF PHIL JOHNSTON, SAYING: "I do want to say that this individual shooter was bent on engaging and killing people at random."
Officials said the shooting spree ended at an elementary school and that children were among the 10 people wounded in the attack.
TEHAMA COUNTY ASSISTANT SHERIFF PHIL JOHNSTON, SAYING: "This incident could have been so much worse if it wan't for the quick thinking of staff at our elementary school.// It appears that because he couldn't make access to any of the rooms, that they were locked, that...he gave it up and re-entered the vehicle and then went on his killing spreeand took it to the streets of Rancho Tehama."
Local media reported that the shooting began at a home and moved on to seven or more locations. Authorities said the shooter was killed by police at the Rancho Tehama School, where a number of students were airlifted for medical care.