Thread: Alturas, California: 4 Dead and 2 Wounded in Shooting

Alturas, California: 4 Dead and 2 Wounded in Shooting

By Zachary Stieber, Epoch Times
February 20, 2014 Last Updated: February 20, 2014 9:49 pm


The Cedarville Rancheria Office in Alturas, California. (Facebook)
A shooting in Altura, CA on Thursday at an American Indian tribal headquarters left four people dead and two wounded, police said.

A female shooter opened fire inside, police told the Modoc County Record.

The building is at 300 West First Street.

The shooting happened during a meeting the Cedarville Rancheria was holding. It had purchased the building and was evicting several residents.

The woman pulled out a gun and shot five people. She pulled out a butcher knife and stabbed a sixth.

The two wounded have been taken to a hospital.

Neither the shooter nor the victims have been identified as of yet.

http://www.theepochtimes.com/n3/5213...d-in-shooting/

Four people have been shot and killed at an Indian tribal office in Alturas, California, the Modoc County sheriff says.

Reports: Several shot at Northern Calif. tribal meeting

News 10 Staff, KXTV8:57 p.m. EST February 20, 2014


(Photo: Courtesy Richard Holloway, Modoc County Record)

Four people are dead and two are injured in a shooting during a tribal hearing in Alturas, Calif., just south of the Oregon border, according to the Modoc County Record.

A woman at an eviction hearing at the Cedarville Rancheria Northern Paiute Tribe office got upset during the proceedings. She stood up and started shooting, the Modoc County Record said.

The woman shot and killed an Alturas police officer before shooting and killing three other people. Another person shot and wounded while running out of the building. The woman then picked up a butcher's knife and stabbed a sixth person.

The suspect was arrested at the scene.

The report came in at 3:45 p.m.

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http://www.news10.net/story/news/cri...oting/5660823/

. . . Alturas police said the shooting victims include a 19-year-old woman, a 30-year-old man, a 45-year-old woman and a 50-year-old man. No information was released about the people who were injured in the incident . . .


http://www.news10.net/story/news/cri...oting/5660823/

. . . Alturas Police Chief Ken Barnes says 44-year-old Sherrie Rhoades is in custody after allegedly opening fire Thursday afternoon at the Cedarville Rancheria Tribal Office and Community Center . . .

http://www.cbsnews.com/news/4-dead-2...rn-california/