Five people are dead after a shooting inside a church in the Arden area of Sacramento County, officials said.A father shot and killed his three children inside the Church in Sacramento before shooting and killing himself during what Sacramento County Sheriff Scott Jones said was a supervised visit. The fifth victim was a person supervising the visit. Jones said the mother has a restraining order against the father. Sacramento County Sheriff's Office Spokesperson Rodney Grassmann said the three children killed were all girls. They were 9, 10 and 13 years old.Grassmann also said people with restraining orders against them are not legally allowed to have a firearm.A church worker who was upstairs heard the shots around 5:07 p.m. and went outside to call dispatchers, the sheriff's office said. Nearby residents are being asked by deputies to stay indoors.Video from sister station KCRA's LiveCopter 3 showed first responders carrying a person through the church parking lot. They tried to resuscitate that person. After repeated attempts, they were not successful. Jones said several agencies are involved in the investigation, including the FBI, which responded after initial reports were that it was an active shooter situation."When something big like this happens, everyone comes to help us out," Sacramento County Sheriff Spokesperson Rodney Grassmann said. "Everybody has come out of their own jurisdiction to come to do what they can to help out not knowing how big this scene would be or how long it would go on."This is a developing story. Check back for updates.
Five people are dead after a shooting inside a church in the Arden area of Sacramento County, officials said.
A father shot and killed his three children inside the Church in Sacramento before shooting and killing himself during what Sacramento County Sheriff Scott Jones said was a supervised visit. The fifth victim was a person supervising the visit.
Jones said the mother has a restraining order against the father. Sacramento County Sheriff's Office Spokesperson Rodney Grassmann said the three children killed were all girls. They were 9, 10 and 13 years old.
Grassmann also said people with restraining orders against them are not legally allowed to have a firearm.
A church worker who was upstairs heard the shots around 5:07 p.m. and went outside to call dispatchers, the sheriff's office said.
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Nearby residents are being asked by deputies to stay indoors.
Video from sister station KCRA's LiveCopter 3 showed first responders carrying a person through the church parking lot. They tried to resuscitate that person. After repeated attempts, they were not successful.
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Jones said several agencies are involved in the investigation, including the FBI, which responded after initial reports were that it was an active shooter situation.
"When something big like this happens, everyone comes to help us out," Sacramento County Sheriff Spokesperson Rodney Grassmann said. "Everybody has come out of their own jurisdiction to come to do what they can to help out not knowing how big this scene would be or how long it would go on."
This is a developing story. Check back for updates.
