Police in Tehama County believe Kevin Janson Neal shot her dead on Monday night before he began roaming the streets the following morning, armed with two semi-automatic rifles and selecting targets apparently at random. "We believe that is what started this whole event," Tehama County Assistant Sheriff Phil Johnston told a news conference. Neal told reporters the quick thinking of the school's staff had been "monumental" in preventing further deaths. Neal, who was wearing a military-style vest, left the school to continue his rampage and crashed the vehicle at one point. The shooting coincides with a flare-up of the long-running debate on America's epidemic of gun violence and the ready accessibility of high-powered weapons, less than 10 days after a gunman shot dead 26 people at a church in Texas.

Source: The Nation Bangkok November 15, 2017 21:33 UTC