California office building shooting kills four, including child
- The suspect was shot by police and taken to hospital
- The killings at the office building in Orange were the latest mass shooting in the US in the last two weeks
A shooting at a Southern California office building on Wednesday killed four people, including a child, and injured a fifth person before police shot the suspect, police said.
Shots were being fired as officers arrived at a two-storey office building on Lincoln Avenue in Orange, southeast of Los Angeles, at about 5.30pm, Lieutenant Jennifer Amat said.
“An officer-involved shooting occurred” and the suspect was taken to a hospital, Amat said, but she did not immediately know his condition.
The shooting was on the second floor of the building, Amat said. Media reports said bodies could be seen on the building’s second-floor walkway and in a courtyard.
Amat had no details about the confrontation, what may have sparked the attack or why a child may have been at the building at 202 W Lincoln Avenue. Signs outside indicated a handful of businesses were located there, including an insurance office, a financial consulting firm, a legal services business and a phone repair store.
By 7pm, the situation had been stabilised and there wasn’t any threat to the public, police said.