Teen goes on shooting spree in Northern California library

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TWO persons died when an 18-year-old man went on a shooting spree at a Northern California library.

A report by CNN stated that the gunman did a walkthrough of the building then took a shotgun from his vehicle. A man at the main door and another inside were then fatally shot.

Before law enforcers arrived, Chico Police Chief Billy Aldridge said gunshots and screams could be heard on a 911 call Monday evening from the Chico branch of the Butte County Library.

“From the first 911 call to having him in custody was less than 4 minutes,” Aldridge said.

The suspect shot a man at the entrance of the library in the leg and then shot him in the head before firing multiple shots inside and shooting another man in the head, said Sid Patel, special agent in charge in the FBI’s Sacramento office.

A child was taken to a hospital with a minor injury, Aldridge said. Her name was not released.

“Yesterday’s violent attack was horrific,” Patel said. “The full force of the FBI is assisting this investigation.”

The fatalitis were identified as 46-year-old Jacob Hull and 74-year-old Robert Johnson.

The suspect escaped through the back of the library but was eventually cornered.

“The incident this evening was obviously very sad, traumatic for a lot of people. Very traumatic for our community,” Aldridge said.

A shotgun from the floor of the library and two other guns from the suspect’s car were confiscated.

The weapons were registered to the suspect’s family, the police chief said, without providing any other information.(MyTVCebu)