2 kindergarteners wounded and gunman dead after shooting at California religious school

By Associated Press

Dec 05, 2024 3:40 pm

PALERMO, California — Two children were in 'extremely critical condition' Wednesday after being shot at a tiny religious K-8 school in Northern California and the gunman died at the scene, apparently from a self-inflicted gunshot, police said.

The gunman may have targeted the Feather River School of Seventh-Day Adventists in Palermo because of its religious affiliation, but isn't believed to have had a prior connection to the victims or the school, Butte County Sheriff Kory L. Honea said. He didn't explain further.

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