This incident is one of thelatest mass shootings in the US in the last two weeks. The mishap occurred at SouthernCalifornia office building around 5 pm on Wednesday. The shooting left severalpeople dead and injured. The suspect was shot in an officer-involved shooting.
In the shooting four people werekilled including a child, and one was injured in the incident. The womaninjured in the shooting is now in critical condition. The shooting occurred ina two-story building at Lincoln Avenue in Orange, southeast of Los Angeles. Theshots were fired on the second floor of the office building affecting manypeople. The suspect was taken down by police, who also is in critical conditionnow.
The deadly shooting took place onthe second floor around 5:30 pm on Mach 31 and by 7 pm of the same evening, police confirmed that the situation is stabilized with no further threat to the public. Lt. Jennifer Amat explained the situation saying that the shots werebeing fired when police arrived at the location. She said, “an officer-involved shooting occurred.” The suspect wastaken down, but she has no idea which officer shot the suspect, Lt. Amat added.
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According to media reports, thebodies could be seen from outside on the second-floor walkway of the buildingand in the courtyard. After police took control over the situation, people couldsee police taking out motionless people. A resident posted a Facebook livestream in which police are seen providing aid to injured people.
On this horrific crime, Gov.Gavin Newsome took to Twitter to give condolences to the affected families. Hetweeted, “horrifying and heartbreaking. Our hearts are with the familiesimpacted by this terrible tragedy tonight.”
Representative Katie Porter whois a California Democrat said, “I’m continuing to learn more. My team and Iwill continue to monitor the situation closely,”
There are no details about whatcould have happened in the building that gave spark to such a dreadful crime. The building where the shooting occurred has a handful of offices such as an insurance office, a financial consulting firm, a legalservice business and a phone repair shop.