All five people killed on Monday after a church shooting in the Arden area of Sacramento County have been identified. A gunman shot and killed his three children and a chaperone present during a supervised visit for the kids before turning the gun on himself, the Sacramento County Sheriff’s Office said.According to the Sacramento County Coroner’s Office, the three girls were 10-year-old Samantha Mora Gutierrez, 9-year-old Samarah Mora Gutierrez and 13-year-old Samia Mora Gutierrez. Fifty-nine-year-old Nathaniel Kong was also killed. Leer en españolThe gunman was identified as 39-year-old David Mora Rojas.The Natomas Unified School District told KCRA 3 the girls attended Bannon Creek and Leroy Greene Academy.”There are very few words that can give comfort right now for this unspeakable tragedy. There will be a range of emotions from our students and staff, particularly at the schools where the students attended – Bannon Creek and Leroy Greene Academy,” Natomas Unified officials said in a statement.Sacramento County Sheriff Scott Jones said the mother of the children had a restraining order against the father. According to the sheriff’s office, people with restraining orders against them are not legally allowed to have a firearm.The shooting happened Monday around 5:07 p.m., which is when a church worker who heard the shots went outside to call dispatchers, the sheriff’s office said.
SACRAMENTO, Calif. —
All five people killed on Monday after a church shooting in the Arden area of Sacramento County have been identified.
A gunman shot and killed his three children and a chaperone present during a supervised visit for the kids before turning the gun on himself, the Sacramento County Sheriff’s Office said.
According to the Sacramento County Coroner’s Office, the three girls were 10-year-old Samantha Mora Gutierrez, 9-year-old Samarah Mora Gutierrez and 13-year-old Samia Mora Gutierrez. Fifty-nine-year-old Nathaniel Kong was also killed.
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The gunman was identified as 39-year-old David Mora Rojas.
The Natomas Unified School District told KCRA 3 the girls attended Bannon Creek and Leroy Greene Academy.
“There are very few words that can give comfort right now for this unspeakable tragedy. There will be a range of emotions from our students and staff, particularly at the schools where the students attended – Bannon Creek and Leroy Greene Academy,” Natomas Unified officials said in a statement.
Sacramento County Sheriff Scott Jones said the mother of the children had a restraining order against the father. According to the sheriff’s office, people with restraining orders against them are not legally allowed to have a firearm.
The shooting happened Monday around 5:07 p.m., which is when a church worker who heard the shots went outside to call dispatchers, the sheriff’s office said.
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