Police officers at the scene of a shooting Wednesday in Orange, California.ALEX GALLARDO / Reuters
At least four people, including a child, died Wednesday when a man opened fire in an office building in the city of Orange, south of Los Angeles, police said.
The attacker, whose motivations are unknown at the moment, was also shot after the intervention of the agents and was transported to a hospital.
A fifth victim, who was injured, was also hospitalized.
Police have not given any details about the victims of the attack that took place on the top floor of an office building.
After receiving a call reporting a shooting, the security forces went to the place where the attacker continued to shoot, according to local authorities.
According to the
Los Angeles Times
, when the police arrived at the scene there was a shootout between the uniformed men and the attacker.
All the agents who participated in the operation were unharmed.
Horrifying and heartbreaking.
Our hearts are with the families impacted by this terrible tragedy tonight.
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- Gavin Newsom (@GavinNewsom) April 1, 2021
"Horrible and heartbreaking," lamented California Governor Gavin Newsom, who sent a message of solidarity to the families of the victims through his social networks.
The Democratic representative in Congress Katie Porter also condemned the attack and has ensured that her team will follow up on the investigations.
Police have said that the situation has been controlled.
The Los Angeles shooting comes just a week after a gunman murdered 10 people in a Colorado supermarket.
A week earlier, another gunman attacked three massage parlors in the Atlanta area and killed eight people, six of them Asian women.
