A firefighter is dead and another is hospitalized after an off-duty colleague fired gunshots at a California fire station before apparently taking his own life, according to authorities.
The shooter, a firefighter specialist and engineer, was found dead inside a burning home in Acton, California, nearly 10 miles away from where he opened fire, according to officials.The pandemic's essential workers are again the victims of a mass shooting -- this time in San JoseIt's the second time in a week that someone in California went to their workplace and shot and killed co-workers before officials believe they turned the gun on themselves.
Investigators received a name and vehicle description of the suspect from witness testimony, which led them to the house in Acton, according to Brandon Dean with the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department homicide bureau. The home was on fire when authorities arrived, he said. While fighting the house fire, deputies saw a man in a pool with a fatal gunshot wound to the head."This is very early on, the actual motive we're unsure of," Dean said.
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