A gunman has been killed after two students were injured in a shooting at an elementary school in California today.

Police responded to a report of an active shooter at a school in Oroville, Butte County on Wednesday afternoon.

Feather River School of Seventh-Day Adventists was put on lockdown and students are being taken to nearby Oroville Church of the Nazarene, according to authorities.

Butte County Sheriff said in a statement: “BCSO is on scene of an active incident involving a shooting at Feather River School of Seventh-Day Adventists in Palermo.

“Students are being taken to the Oroville Church of the Nazarene, located at 2238 Monte Vista Avenue, Oroville. Parents are asked to respond to the church to be reunified with their children.

“The suspected shooter is deceased,” the police statement added. “We will provide additional information once it’s available.”

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