Eyewitnesses Zaria Williams and Mark Marin describe what they saw when a gunman opened fire in Santa Monica.
Saturday, June 8, 2013
Santa Monica College shooting, nearby fire
Reporter Sarah Hashim-Waris from The Times newsroom with an update on the fatal shooting at Santa Monica College and fire at a nearby house.
Santa Monica College Shooting Gunman Down Arrested
Santa Monica College Shooting Gunman down Shots Fired 3 Victims SANTA MONICA (CBSLA.com) - Santa Monica College has been put on lockdown Friday after a shooting was reported in the library.
-->Santa Monica police says they have a suspect down on the campus. It's not clear if anyone has been injured.
A man was reportedly shooting at cars just after noon. According to reports, a worker on campus heard dozens of gunshots and saw students, who are taking final exams on the campus this week, scrambling for safety.
President Barack Obama is in Santa Monica speaking at a luncheon fundraiser for the Democratic National Committee. It's not known if the shooting is related to his presence in the city.
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Shooting at Santa Monica College - suspect arrested - 6 Dead, 2 to 3 Injured
--> Shooting at Santa Monica College - suspect arrested - breaking news Three people were wounded Friday during a shooting in the Santa Monica College area, law enforcement sources told The Times.
\Santa Monica College has been put on lockdown Friday after a shooting was reported in the library.
Santa Monica police says they have a suspect down on the campus. It's not clear if anyone has been injured.
A man was reportedly shooting at cars just after noon. According to reports, a worker on campus heard dozens of gunshots and saw students, who are taking final exams on the campus this week, scrambling for safety.
President Barack Obama is in Santa Monica speaking at a luncheon fundraiser for the Democratic National Committee. It's not known if the shooting is related to his presence in the city.
The suspect was found in the school's library and taken into custody. The extent of the injuries were not immediately known, according to the sources.
The college was on lockdown, officials said.
Police sources told The Times the victims were shot inside a car either on the campus or near the campus.
BREAKING! School Shooting At Santa Monica College
BREAKING! School Shooting At Santa Monica College
Los Angeles: 4 killed in firing incident near Santa Monica College
Five miles at a fundraising event which took part in President Obama, open an unknown fire indiscriminately into vehicles. According to reports, except those killed five other people were injured, including one critically. Local police say the shooting suspect was caught, witnesses: he had more than one gun
Again fatal shooting incident in the United States: U.S. media reported tonight (Saturday) that an armed man, you some weapons, opened fire indiscriminately at Santa Monica College in Los Angeles, killing five people and wounding five others, including one in critical condition. Witnesses who saw the scene said that he committed the shooting at vehicles, including cars and buses.
Santa Monica police spokesman, Richard Lewis, said that they have a suspect action. TV station KCBS reported that the man had one gun. College, which boasts 34 thousand students, is located five miles movie fundraising event U.S. President Barack Obama. However, the U.S. Secret Service spokesman said that Obama's visit to the region continued as usual.
Spokesman for the California Highway Patrol, Dennis Joslin, told the news agency "Reuters" reported that police received a man armed with several weapons, including a shotgun, which began shooting at passing vehicles. At first he claimed that no known fatalities in the incident, but said that "now you can not rule out the possibility."
Last year the United States knew several shooting attacks extremely difficult. Among memorable which occurred last July, when James Holmes went to the State Theater in Denver Colorado and began to massacre watch the film "Batman." He killed 12 people. December, 28 people were killed by gunfire by the person Mensa at the "Sandy Hook" in Connecticut.
U.S. President Barack Obama, Director of insistent political struggle to impose restrictions on the purchase of weapons, but many Republicans oppose state. American Rifle Association is considered the most powerful lobby in the United States, which currently obstructive legislation.
Shooting at Santa Monica College
Journey murder in California: Four people were killed
A man, dressed in black, armed with a shotgun, opened fire on passing cars and a building next to a community college, a few miles from the fundraisers Obama attended. Apparently, no relation to the presence of the President in the area. Police pursued the killer to the university library and shot him to death
Armed man, dressed in black, murder night (a Friday night) Four people a shooting trip in Santa Monica, California. Five people were injured, one in serious condition.
The shooting began at noon near the college, where there were reports of a man armed with many weapons, including a shotgun, poetry cars and a bus pass two different places near the campus.
Students, who described the college's library, a situation of chaos, where people ran for cover when they heard gunshots outside. One of them, Cyrus Jabari, 19, said he saw through the window a man dressed in black and carrying a rifle. "The only thing that separated us was a glass door," he said.
Shock campus, four killed. Photo: Reuters
Another witness said he saw a man driving a car near campus, then walked to the intersection and opened fire on passing cars and building before returning to his car and moved on. Police arrived to the area, following reports, the suit shots with the killer and chased him to the library, where he was shot to death by police.
The police also arrested another suspect near the campus, defined as a person of interest in the case, but later he was released. Killing spree began just a few kilometers from the fundraising event, says U.S. President Barack Obama, but it is estimated that there was a connection between the presence of a shocking event in Santa Monica president. Obama continued his schedule as usual and went to a meeting with China's president in Palm Springs.
Last year the U.S. knew Travels shooting made headlines again and again the issue of gun control laws in the country. During December murdered 20 children and six adults in a primary school in Connecticut last July and another 12 were killed in Denver screening of the film Batman movie.
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