Suspected California library gunman influenced by Columbine shooting and wore matching shirt, officials say

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• Two dead after shooting at a Northern California library, suspect in custody.

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• Chico police Chief Billy Aldridge said gunshots and screams could be heard on that call from the Chico branch of the Butte County Library.

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• Sayer graduated from Chico High School on June 5 (Butte County Sheriff's Office via AP)) “Yesterday’s violent attack was horrific,” Patel said. “The full force of the FBI is assisting this investigation.” Details emerge on the victims and the arrest Authorities identified the men who died as 46-year-old Jacob Hull and 74-year-old Robert Johnson.

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• All Butte County library branches were to be closed Tuesday, officials said.

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• There was no indication he had any prior relationship with or connection to the victims, police said.

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• Additional law enforcement behind the library took the suspect into custody, according to Aldridge. “The incident this evening was obviously very sad, traumatic for a lot of people.

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• The shooting in Chico — a city of about 100,000 people about 150 miles (240 kilometers) northeast of San Francisco — shocked the community in the foothills of the Sierra Nevada and led authorities to say they will add security personnel at each library location.

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• A teenager who pleaded guilty to fatally shooting two public library employees in Clovis, New Mexico, in 2017 was also sentenced to life in prison. “A library should be a place of joy,” said Misty Wright, director of public libraries in Butte County. “Most of all it should be a place that feels safe.

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• Fugitive mastermind of $3.7 billion Medicare scam captured in Turkey, flown back by FBI How the shooting unfolded Police responded to a 911 call soon after 5pm local time on Monday, according to AP.

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• In a Facebook post, the county offered its “deepest condolences to everyone affected, including the victims, their loved ones, library staff, and all those impacted by this heartbreaking incident."

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• Once officers were inside the library, the suspect fled out of the back, he said.

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• Sayer graduated from Chico High School on June 5 (Butte County Sheriff's Office via AP)) “Yesterday’s violent attack was horrific,” Patel…

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• Chico police Chief Billy Aldridge said gunshots and screams could be heard on that call from the Chico branch of the Butte County Library.

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• All Butte County library branches were to be closed Tuesday, officials said.

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• He was booked into the Butte County Jail on suspicion of two counts of murder.

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• There was no indication he had any prior relationship with or connection to the victims, police said.

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