It is with heavy hearts that we must report that a school shooting has occurred at the North Park Elementary School in San Bernardino, California.
At the moment, preliminary reports indicate that as many as four have been shot – a teacher and two students. The fourth is believed to be the shooter; it is unclear whether or not the wound was self-inflicted. ABC reports that the shooting may be a domestic dispute turned murder-suicide.
Two adults are deceased in a classroom, believed to be a murder suicide. We believe the suspect is down and there's no further threat.
— Chief Jarrod Burguan (@SBPDChief) April 10, 2017
BREAKING: San Bernardino School spokesperson tells @NBCLA that 1 teacher and 2 students shot. Police say the shooter shot him/herself.
— Tom Winter (@Tom_Winter) April 10, 2017
We believe this to be a murder suicide. Happened in a class room. Two students have been transported to the hospital.
— Chief Jarrod Burguan (@SBPDChief) April 10, 2017
MORE: Officials believe San Bernardino school shooting was a 'murder-suicide' that happened in a classroom. https://t.co/wCvel4fPBE
— ABC News (@ABC) April 10, 2017
The city of San Bernardino is no stranger to gun violence; a brutal terrorist attack in 2015 killed 14 people while the firearm homicide rate jumped by 41% last year, to 62 killings.
The presence of a firearm in a household dramatically increases the likelihood that one partner will kill another. 94% of the victims of murder-suicides are women, making it clear that the blame of intimate partner homicide rests on men.
This is an ongoing story that will be updated as the situation develops.
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