Murder-Suicide at San Bernardino School
California – What police are describing as a murder-suicide stemming from a domestic dispute has left two adults dead and 2 students wounded at an elementary school in San Bernardino.
Update: Jonathan Martinez, an 8 year old student, died from a wound receive in today’s shooting. He and the other child were standing behind the female victim when the shooter, identified as Cedric Anderson, opened fire on a teacher named Karen Elaine Smith. The children were not targets, they just happened to be standing near the teacher.
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Police were called to the school for a report of an active shooter. It appears that the shooter walked to the North Park Elementary School campus and opened fire in a classroom. Two adults were found dead in the classroom, and two students were wounded. The students were hospitalized, their conditions unknown.
Two other elementary schools were placed on lockdown, and the students at Cal State were told to shelter in place.
San Bernardino police report active shooter at North Park Elementary School few blocks from campus. Shelter in place until further notice
— CSUSB News (@CSUSBNews) April 10, 2017
The elementary school was evacuated, and students sent to Cal State San Bernardino, and the parents sent to Cajon High School to verify their identities before going to the college to pick up their children. The incident was confined to North Park Elementary.
We believe this to be a murder suicide. Happened in a class room. Two students have been transported to the hospital.
— Chief Jarrod Burguan (@SBPDChief) April 10, 2017
Students at the school are be taking to cajon high school for safety.
— Chief Jarrod Burguan (@SBPDChief) April 10, 2017
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
NEW: School officials say San Bernardino shooting incident is being looked at as a domestic violence incident involving the teacher.
— Tom Winter (@Tom_Winter) April 10, 2017
#BREAKING – San Bernardino shooting: 2 dead, 2 injured. #California pic.twitter.com/QmiMt7PDJy
— News Alert (@NewsAlertWorld) April 10, 2017
Multiple victims in shooting at San Bernardino elementary school https://t.co/ADp9GCU35b #SanBernardino #USA #sanbernardinoshooting
— Richard Grune (@0406Guno) April 10, 2017
BREAKING: San Bernardino police chief: 4 shot in elementary school classroom in apparent murder-suicide; 2 students hospitalized.
— The Associated Press (@AP) April 10, 2017
Police: 2 adults dead in apparent murder-suicide in San Bernardino, Calif., classroom; 2 wounded, possibly students https://t.co/hCQCKVQ3X0 pic.twitter.com/NoD79dZZmE
— CNN Breaking News (@cnnbrk) April 10, 2017
According to the LA Times, North Park Elementary has about 500 students, primarily low income and Hispanic.
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