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06-07-2013, 09:29 PM #1
7 dead, including gunman, in shooting rampage near Santa Monica College
Seven dead, including gunman, in shooting rampage near Santa Monica College
Published June 07, 2013
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June 7, 2013: A Santa Monica police officer leads children from Citizens of the World School in Los Angeles out of Santa Monica College, who were there for a planetarium show, as the campus is systematically cleared, in Santa Monica, Calif. (AP)
A gunman with an assault-style rifle killed at least six people in Santa Monica on Friday before police shot him to death in a gunfight in the Santa Monica College library, authorities said.
Santa Monica Police Chief Jacqueline Seabrooks told reporters the rampage began at a house in the coastal city before the gunman, dressed all in black, made his way to Santa Monica College.
Seabrooks said he killed two people in the house, which caught fire, two more people as he moved several blocks toward the campus, and then two more on campus.
He entered the library and fired on other people but didn't hit them, Seabrooks said.
Several students in the library reported hearing gunfire, and one witness said he heard a woman scream.
"The officers came in and directly engaged the suspect and he was shot and killed on the scene," Seabrooks said.
She identified the gunman as 25 to 30 years old and dressed all in black, wearing what appeared to be a ballistic jacket.
"It appears that those who were encountered on the street were random victims," Seabrooks said.
The campus was searched for a second shooter, and a man dressed entirely in black, with the words "Life is a Gamble" on the back of his sweatshirt, was seen being taken into custody by law enforcement officers. He did not appear to be wounded.
"We are not convinced 100 percent that the suspect who was killed operated in a solo or alone capacity," Seabrooks said.
All of this unfolded about 3 miles from where President Barack Obama was attending a fundraising luncheon.
Three women with gunshot wounds were admitted to Ronald Reagan UCLA Medical Center, said Dr. Marshall Morgan, the chief of emergency medicine. One died, another was in surgery, and the third was in serious condition but doing well, he said.
Three other women went to UCLA Medical Center Santa Monica with relatively minor injuries, Morgan said. One has shrapnel-type injuries and the two others had injuries not related to gunfire, he said.
Jeff Furrows of the Santa Monica Fire Department said there was extensive fire damage inside the home where two bodies were found, and one of the wounded women was found with a gunshot wound in a car nearby.
A neighbor told Fox News that an older man lived in the burned home with his two adult sons.
Jerry Cunningham Rathner, who lives near the house, said she heard gunshots and came out onto her porch to see a man shooting at the residence. Soon, the building erupted in flames and was billowing smoke.
The gunman, dressed in black and wearing an ammunition belt, went to the corner and pointed a rifle at a woman in a car and told her to pull over, Rathner said. He then signaled to a second car, also driven by a woman, to slow down and began firing into the vehicle.
"He fired three to four shots into the car -- boom, boom, boom, right at her," said Rathner, who went to the woman's aid and saw she was wounded in the shoulder.
"I can't believe she didn't have worse injuries," Rathner said.
She said the gunman then abducted the woman in the first car and drove away.
From there, the scene shifted to Santa Monica College, located in a neighborhood of strip malls and homes more than a mile inland from the city's famous Santa Monica Pier, Third Street Promenade and its expansive, sandy beaches.
Jimes Gillespie, 20, told The Associated Press he was in the college's library studying when he heard gunfire, and he and dozens of other students began fleeing the three-story building.
"As I was running down the stairs I saw one of the gunmen," said Gillespie, who described the shooter as a white man in his 20s, wearing cornrows in his hair and black overalls. He said the man was carrying a shotgun.
Gillespie believed there were two shooters because he heard two kinds of gunfire -- a shotgun and a handgun -- but only saw one person.
"The shotgun blast was first. It was either him or the partner who shot eight to 10 handgun shots," Gillespie said. "Then after I saw the gunman I heard more shots and I ran out of the library through the emergency exit."
As Gillespie ran across campus, he said he saw a car in front of the English building that was riddled with bullet holes, had shattered windows and a baby's car seat in the back.
Student Noke Taumalolo told Fox News that he saw a female worker sorting recycling cans lying bloody on the ground with the gunman standing over her. According to the student, the gunman was wearing black tactical gear including a vest, SWAT-like fatigues and a riot helmet.
Another student, Khwanfa Wilepananon, said he and a friend were on the library's third floor when they heard a loud bang and a woman's scream coming from the first floor. As he and a friend fled downstairs, he said they heard two shots.
"It was so scary," said Wilepananon. "It was so dark and I was scared. We didn't know what to do."
Santa Monica police Sgt. Rudy Flores said numerous witnesses called to report that the shooting near the college began with a man on a street corner near the college firing shots at vehicles, including a bus.
California Highway Patrol Officer Vince Ramirez said his agency began receiving 911 calls just minutes before noon.
We understand one shooter was taken into custody shortly after we arrived," he said.
The two-year college, with about 34,000 students, was in the midst of final exams Friday. It was quickly locked down by police, and students were told to leave.
As the drama unfolded, Obama was attending a fundraising luncheon about 3 miles away.
Secret Service spokesman Max Milien said the agency was aware of the shooting but it had no impact on the president's event.
The president was scheduled to take Marine One to the airport, but traveled by motorcade to avoid any impact on the ongoing local response to the shooting.
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06-07-2013, 11:09 PM #2
Two of the victims, found in a burning Santa Monica house, are believed to be the brother and father of the gunman, the Los Angeles Times reports.
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06-07-2013, 11:12 PM #3
Seabrooks said the gunman may not have acted alone. A second "person of interest" is in custody.
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06-07-2013, 11:51 PM #4
Santa Monica police spokesman: Gunman acted alone; 'person of interest' has been released
Published 8:33 pm, Friday, June 7, 2013 http://www.seattlepi.com/news/us/art...ed-4588274.php
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06-08-2013, 04:28 PM #5
Santa Monica shooting suspect, possible motive identified, officials say
Los Angeles Times - 14 minutes ago
The gunman accused of killing four people in a Santa Monica shooting rampage Friday was apparently angry over his parents' divorce and had some mental health issues in the past, a law enforcement source told The Times . . .NO AMNESTY
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06-08-2013, 04:34 PM #6
Police chief says Santa Monica killings premeditated; gunman had 1,300 rounds of ammo
Updated 1:16 pm, Saturday, June 8, 2013
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06-08-2013, 06:29 PM #7
13 MINs ago USPolice Identify Suspect in Shooting
Police said Saturday they have "informally identified" the suspect in a shooting rampage that left five dead, including the shooter, and several others injured Friday.
By Erica Phillips
SANTA MONICA, Calif.—Police said Saturday they have “informally identified” the suspect in a shooting rampage that left five dead, including the shooter, and several others injured Friday.
Santa Monica Police Chief Jacqueline Seabrooks said police are not releasing his identity because his family, who is believed to be out of the country, has not been notified. The suspect would have turned 24 today, she said.
Ms. Seabrooks said the suspect had a “familial” connection to a burned house where two of the victims were found dead Friday in a back room.
The Santa Monica police department had contact with the suspect in 2006, but Ms Seabrooks declined to discuss the circumstances because he was a juvenile at the time. The suspect and a family member were enrolled at Santa Monica College “as recently as 2010,” she said. . .NO AMNESTY
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06-08-2013, 07:53 PM #8
The Los Angeles Times cited several law enforcement sources in Washington, D.C., and Los Angeles in identifying the gunman as John Zawahri . . .
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06-09-2013, 11:44 AM #10
Photo 3 of 4: The gunman enters the Santa Monica College library in this image provided by the Santa Monica Police Department.
Father, brother among victims
- Few details available about John Zawahri
- Shooting occurred day before his 24th birthday
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