SAN BERNADINO CALIFORNIA, DEADLY SCHOOL SHOOTING UPDATE.

Cedric Anderson with the estranged wife, Karen Smith.

Cedric Anderson 53 years of age, has been identified by the police as the person who shot and killed Karen Elaine Smith 53, identified as his wife, as she taught a class in a school in San Bernadino, California, on 10 April, 2017.

San Bernadino Police Chief, Jarrod Burguan said,

 

"Cedric Anderson, of Riverside, California, walked into a special-needs classroom at North Park Elementary School in San Bernardino and opened fire on his estranged wife, Karen Elaine Smith, "without saying anything," before turning the gun himself."

 

Two students were injured in the murder-suicide at North Park Elementary School in San Bernardino, and one of those children later died at a hospital, the two students struck by gunfire were standing behind Smith, the Police Chief said.

 

The two male children who were injured were taken to the hospital, one of them 8 year old Jonathan Martinez died of gun shot injuries, while the second is in stable condition at the hospital. Police do not believe the two children were targeted, they just happened to be close the teacher.

 

Jonathan Martinez aged 8, died after been shot by Cedric Anderson.

According to reports, Anderson has a criminal history of domestic violence, drug abuse and weapon charges. The couple were estranged and no longer intimate, they got married a few months ago and just got separated a month ago.

 

The San Bernadino Community hosted a candle light vigil at our Lady of Assumption church. Bishop Gerald barnes said at the gathering,  

 

"Sometimes all we can do is cry, and today is the day for that, We'll get up again. We'll move on. We'll become stronger. But today is the day to cry." 

 

Capt. Ron Maass, who is leading the investigation for the San Bernardino Police Department, said the shooter entered the building on a visitor’s pass and signed in at the front office. He had told the school personnel that he was there to drop something off to his wife, which is very common.

San Bernadino School, has no prior knowledge of Karen's  troubled relationship with the shooter, police say.

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