San Bernardino School Shooting: Three Killed And Two Injured In Murder Suicide Shooting

Three Killed At US School In Murder Suicide
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Three people have died and two children are injured in a “murder suicide” shooting at an elementary school in California.

Two adults and a child died and another student was injured in a classroom in North Park Elementary School, San Bernardino at around 10am local time.

The dead are the male shooter, Cedric Anderson, 53 and his wife, Elaine Smith, 53, who was a teacher at the school.

Anderson died from a self-inflicted gunshot, police said.

Local police chief JarrodBurguan tweeted that it was believed to a be a “murder suicide”.

Two adults are deceased in a classroom, believed to be a murder suicide. We believe the suspect is down and there's no further threat.

— Chief Jarrod Burguan (@SBPDChief) April 10, 2017

Anderson is believed to have headed directly the classroom where he opened fire.

There are two wounded, possible students. Taken to local hospitals, condition unknown

— Chief Jarrod Burguan (@SBPDChief) April 10, 2017

The students were airlifted to hospital and their condition is critical.

A spokeswoman for the school district told the Associated Press: “We believe the teacher knew who the shooter was.”

Earlier, the local Fire Department said they were on the scene conducting triage and establishing how many victims were there.

SAN BERNARDINO: #SBCoFD on scene mult GSW victims at North Park School. Triage and victim count taking place. ^eas

— SB County Fire (@SBCOUNTYFIRE) April 10, 2017

News channels showed footage of young children holding hands as they were evacuated from the schools and taken to a local college campus, where parents are heading to pick them up.

The school being evacuated
The school being evacuated
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The school has around 600 children aged between five and 10.

The California city is already known for the December 2015 mass shooting where a radicalised couple opened fire on an office Christmas party, killing 14 people.

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