Two students shot, suspected shooter dead after shooting at Christian school in California

Investigators say two students were injured and the suspected gunman is dead after he opened fire at a Christian high school in Northern California on Wednesday.

Sheriff Kory Honea of ​​Butte County, California, said his office responded to a 911 call about a shooting at the Feather River School of Seventh-Day Adventist in Palermo around 1 p.m. local time and dealt with the unknown man who opened fire .

According to investigators, the suspect was soon found dead from a self-inflicted gunshot wound.

Two unidentified students were injured in the incident and taken to hospitals, one of them airlifted, the sheriff’s office said. Her condition was initially unknown.

The investigation is ongoing, but it was not immediately clear that the suspect had any connection to the school, which Honea said teaches kindergarten through 8th grade and has a total of 35 students. Palermo is approximately 65 miles north of Sacramento.

The students were taken to a local church where they would be reunited with their parents, the sheriff’s office said.