A man shot and killed his three children, their chaperone and himself during a supervised visit with the kids Monday at a church in Sacramento, California, authorities said.
Deputies responding to reports of gunfire around 5 p.m. found five people dead, including the shooter, at the church in the Arden-Arcade neighborhood, said Sgt.
Rod Grassmann with the Sacramento County Sheriff’s Office. The victims included three juveniles under 15 years old, Grassman said.
He didn’t know their genders. The shooter was estranged from the children’s mother, who had a restraining order against him, Sheriff Scott Jones said. Read more: Death toll from U.S.