California office building shooting leaves four dead, including child
What's the story
A shooting at a Southern California office building in the US on Wednesday killed four people, including a child, and injured a fifth person before police shot the suspect, police said. "Shots were being fired as officers arrived at the two-story office building on Lincoln Avenue in Orange, southeast of Los Angeles, at about 5:30 pm," Lt. Jennifer Amat said.
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Suspect was taken to a hospital: Amat
"An officer-involved shooting occurred and the suspect was taken to a hospital," Amat said, but she didn't immediately know his condition. The shooting was on the second floor of the building. Bodies could reportedly be seen on the building's second-floor walkway and in a courtyard.
Confrontation
Amat had no details about the confrontation
Amat had no details about the confrontation, what may have sparked the attack, or why a child may have been at the building at 202 W. Lincoln Ave. Signs outside indicated a handful of businesses were located there, including an insurance office, a financial consulting firm, a legal services business, and a phone repair store.
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Governor Newsom called the killings horrifying
"By 7 pm, the situation had been stabilized and there wasn't any threat to the public," police said. In a tweet, Governor Gavin Newsom called the killings horrifying and heartbreaking. "Our hearts are with the families impacted by this terrible tragedy tonight," he wrote.
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Here is what Newsom tweeted
Horrifying and heartbreaking. Our hearts are with the families impacted by this terrible tragedy tonight. https://t.co/nw3On2RJH2
— Gavin Newsom (@GavinNewsom) April 1, 2021
Grief
Rep. Katie Porter also expressed grief at loss of lives
Representative Katie Porter, a California Democrat whose district includes the city of Orange, said on Twitter that she was deeply saddened by reports of the shooting. "I'm continuing to keep victims and their loved ones in my thoughts as we continue to learn more. My team and I will continue to monitor the situation closely," she tweeted.
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Here is what Porter tweeted
I’m deeply saddened by reports of a mass shooting in Orange County, and I’m continuing to keep victims and their loved ones in my thoughts as we continue to learn more. My team and I will continue to monitor the situation closely. https://t.co/e736MgqCQe
— Rep. Katie Porter (@RepKatiePorter) April 1, 2021
Visuals
A Facebook livestream caught scenes from the site
A Facebook livestream, posted by a resident who lives near the office building, showed officers carrying a motionless person out and providing aid to someone else, the Orange County Register reported. "The livestream also showed officers taking two handguns from someone who was lying on the ground and providing help to another person. Two other people were led away in handcuffs," the paper said.
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Killings were latest mass-shooting in US in last two weeks
The killings were the latest mass shooting in the United States in the last two weeks. Ten people were killed in a Boulder, Colorado, supermarket last week and eight people were fatally shot including six Asian women in three Atlanta-area spas the week before that.
Shooting
Shooting was the worst in the city since December 1997
Amat said the shooting was the worst in the city since December 1997, when a gunman armed with an assault rifle attacked a California Department of Transportation maintenance yard. Arturo Reyes Torres, 41, an equipment operator who had been fired six weeks earlier, killed four people and wounded others, including a police officer, before being shot dead by the police.