Shooting at California Christian School
Law enforcement officials and first responders arrived at Feather River Adventist School in Oroville. where the suspected gunman shot two students on Wednesday (Credit: Fallon Ortiz/TMX)
California gunman who shot two kindergarteners seriously injured He has a long criminal history and significant mental health problems, officials said Thursday.
Roman Mendez, 6, and Elias Wolford, 5, were identified by Butte County Sheriff Cory Honea as two children injured in Wednesday’s shooting. at Feather River Adventist School in Oroville. which has a total of 35 students
Mendes was shot twice. and Wolford had a single gunshot wound to his abdomen. and is likely to require multiple surgeries The sheriff said
“They have a long road ahead of them,” Honea said.
Glenn Litton has a long history with the law and serious mental health issues. The official said (Butte County Police Department)
California Christian school has shooting wounds in 2, 5 and 6 boys; The suspected gunman died.
Authorities identified the gunman as 56-year-old Glenn Litton, who likely died from a self-inflicted gunshot wound. Lytton used the alias Michael Sanders to make an appointment with the school’s headmaster to inquire about registering his grandson before the incident. Investigators said
Authorities believe the appointment was a ploy to gain Litton access to the school’s campus. After the meeting Litton fired the handgun several times before fatally shooting himself, Honea said.
“Shortly after the meeting concluded, The principal heard a gun being fired. heard a scream And that’s when they decided or found out that the two students had been shot,” Honea said.
Feather River Adventist School where two students were shot on Wednesday. (Google Maps)
Litton is not affiliated with this school. Instead, he attended a school in nearby Paradise. It was run by the same church when he was a child.
After the shooting incident Investigators found troubling messages believed to be from Lytton. This provides insight into possible motivations.
LR: Roman Mendez and Elias Wolford are in serious condition, police said. (Butte County Clerk’s Office)
One person said: “Currently, countermeasures are being enforced regarding the execution of children at a Seventh-day Adventist school in California, United States, by The International Alliance. I, Lieutenant Glenn Litton of the Alliance, have taken countermeasures. As necessary to America’s complicity with genocide and oppression. Palestinians ready to attack Yemen.”
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Video footage shows Glenn Litton outside school on December 4. (AP)
Honea said Litton was homeless. and said he had suffered from mental health problems since the age of 16. He went on to say that he believed his writing was a result of that problem. Saying that he “Draw information from various sources And everything came together in him. the mind to create false truths”
Litton has a long criminal history. This includes identity theft, fraud, and forgery. He served time in a California state prison in the 1990s and early 2000s for crimes related to theft. In 2015, he was sentenced to two years in prison for identity theft in Sacramento.
Litton’s first prison sentence was in 1991 for robbery. Since then, He is guilty of various crimes. which includes theft identity theft and drug charges According to Butte County officials
“His criminal behavior and incarceration continued over the next several years, until Nov. 12, when he was arrested near San Francisco for stealing a moving truck. and was booked into the San Mateo County Jail,” officials said.
Video footage shows Glenn Litton outside school on December 4. (AP)
He pleaded not guilty and was released on November 21, after which he traveled to the Oroville area to commit the December 4 shooting.
Fox News Digital has reached out to the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation. In addition to local law enforcement, the FBI is also involved in the investigation.
In response to this tragedy, Nicole Hockley, co-founder and co-CEO of Sandy Hook Promise And the mother of Dylan Hockley, who died in the Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting, said the attack was shocking and senseless.
“Such attacks go against everything we stand for as a nation. No one should have the experience of shooting a gun in a place where children are exposed. It should be as safe as possible for all of us, especially young children. There is a right to be free from guns. This violence, abhorrent act has no place in our society.”
Feather River Adventist School released a statement on its website thanking the officials involved.
“We are grateful to the brave officers of the Butte County Sheriff’s Office and California Highway Patrol who acted quickly to protect our students. We will work closely with Sheriff Cory. Honea and his team will continue to assist during this investigation,” the statement said.
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Butte County officials are asking the family for privacy at this time. Explaining that they are focusing on their children’s recovery.
“Please know that the most important thing for them is to make sure their children are taken care of. So I will ask on their behalf based on what they told me that you respect their privacy and don’t do it. Trying to contact parents,” the official said.
