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Father shoots, kills his 3 children inside Sacramento County church before killing self, officials say
Sacramento Sheriff says fifth person killed was supervising visit between father and children
Five people are dead after a shooting inside a church in the Arden area of Sacramento County, officials said.A father shot and killed his three children inside the Church in Sacramento before shooting and killing himself during what Sacramento County Sheriff Scott Jones said was a supervised visit. The fifth victim was a person supervising the visit.Jones said the mother has a restraining order against the father. Sacramento County Sheriff’s Office Spokesperson Rodney Grassmann said the three children killed were all girls. They were 9, 10 and 13 years old.Grassmann also said people with restraining orders against them are not legally allowed to have a firearm.Leer en españolA church worker who was upstairs heard the shots around 5:07 p.m. and went outside to call dispatchers, the sheriff’s office said. Watch the full interview with a Sacramento County spokesperson belowThe girls who died were all Natomas Unified School District students who attended Bannon Creek School and Leroy Greene Academy, the district said Tuesday.”There are very few words that can give comfort right now for this unspeakable tragedy. There will be a range of emotions from our students and staff, particularly at the schools where the students attended – Bannon Creek and Leroy Greene Academy,” Natomas Unified officials said in a statement.A social-emotional support team and chaplains from the Sacramento Police Department will be at the schools Tuesday morning to provide grief counseling and support to students.Nearby residents were originally asked by deputies to stay indoors.Video from LiveCopter 3 showed first responders carrying a person through the church parking lot. They tried to resuscitate that person. After repeated attempts, they were not successful.Jones said several agencies are involved in the investigation, including the FBI, which responded after initial reports were that it was an active shooter situation.”When something big like this happens, everyone comes to help us out,” Grassmann said. “Everybody has come out of their own jurisdiction to come to do what they can to help out not knowing how big this scene would be or how long it would go on.”KCRA 3’s Brittany Hope and Melanie Wingo contributed to this reporting.
Five people are dead after a shooting inside a church in the Arden area of Sacramento County, officials said.
A father shot and killed his three children inside the Church in Sacramento before shooting and killing himself during what Sacramento County Sheriff Scott Jones said was a supervised visit. The fifth victim was a person supervising the visit.
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Jones said the mother has a restraining order against the father. Sacramento County Sheriff’s Office Spokesperson Rodney Grassmann said the three children killed were all girls. They were 9, 10 and 13 years old.
Grassmann also said people with restraining orders against them are not legally allowed to have a firearm.
A church worker who was upstairs heard the shots around 5:07 p.m. and went outside to call dispatchers, the sheriff’s office said.
Watch the full interview with a Sacramento County spokesperson below
The girls who died were all Natomas Unified School District students who attended Bannon Creek School and Leroy Greene Academy, the district said Tuesday.
“There are very few words that can give comfort right now for this unspeakable tragedy. There will be a range of emotions from our students and staff, particularly at the schools where the students attended – Bannon Creek and Leroy Greene Academy,” Natomas Unified officials said in a statement.
A social-emotional support team and chaplains from the Sacramento Police Department will be at the schools Tuesday morning to provide grief counseling and support to students.
Nearby residents were originally asked by deputies to stay indoors.
Video from LiveCopter 3 showed first responders carrying a person through the church parking lot. They tried to resuscitate that person. After repeated attempts, they were not successful.
Jones said several agencies are involved in the investigation, including the FBI, which responded after initial reports were that it was an active shooter situation.
“When something big like this happens, everyone comes to help us out,” Grassmann said. “Everybody has come out of their own jurisdiction to come to do what they can to help out not knowing how big this scene would be or how long it would go on.”
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KCRA 3’s Brittany Hope and Melanie Wingo contributed to this reporting.