04/01/2021 7:24 AM
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Updated 04/01/2021 7:35 AM
Four people, including a child,
were killed
Wednesday when a gunman opened fire at an office building in the city of Orange, south of Los Angeles, police said.
This shooting comes after two similar attacks that have killed a total of 18 in the United States and have fueled the debate about
the proliferation of weapons
in the country.
The attacker, whose motivations are currently unknown, was also shot after police intervention and is
in critical condition,
according to police officer Jennifer Amat.
The police are trying to clarify if he was injured during the shooting with the police or if he caused the injuries himself.
Investigators at the crime scene.
Photo: AP
For now, there are no details about the fatalities of the attack, but it is known that
a fifth person
, a woman, is seriously injured.
The shooting occurred around 5:30 p.m. on the top floor of a small office building.
It contains the offices of
an insurance company
, a financial consultancy and a phone repair shop, a local media outlet said.
According to the Los Angeles Times, the police officers arrived at the scene, were shot and responded.
The shooting occurred around 5:30 p.m. on the top floor of a small office building.
Photo: AP
"We have not had a similar incident in Orange
since 1997,
" said Jennifer Amata, referring to a shooting that left four dead.
Amat explained that the shooting had police officers involved 'and the suspect was taken to a hospital.
The shooting occurred on a second floor.
And according to local media, the bodies were in a corridor on the second floor and in a courtyard.
"Horrible and heartbreaking"
Amat had no details about the confrontation, what might have triggered the attack, or
why there was a child
at 202 West Lincoln Avenue.
Signs outside the building indicated the presence of
various businesses.
By 7:00 p.m. the situation had stabilized and there was no risk to the public, police said.
In a tweet, California Governor Gavin Newsom called the killings
"horrible and heartbreaking."
"Our hearts go out to the families affected by this terrible tragedy," he wrote.
A live feed on Facebook, posted by a resident who lives near the building, showed officers pulling out one immobile person and helping another, the Orange County Register reported.
In the broadcast, police could be seen
taking two pistols
from someone who was lying on the floor.
Authorities took two people in handcuffs, the newspaper added.
The city of Orange is about 30 miles (48 kilometers) southeast of Los Angeles and has a population of about
140,000 people.
On March 22, Ahmad Alissa killed ten people in a supermarket in Boulder, Colorado, days after a man murdered eight people in Asian massage parlors in Atlanta, Georgia.
AFP and AP
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