Shooting at Santa Monica College

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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.