A father shot dead three of his own children Monday before turning the gun on himself in a US church, police said.
A fifth person also died in the shooting in Sacramento, California, though it was not clear if that person was related to what police said was a domestic incident.
All three children who died were under the age of 15, Sergeant Rod Grassmann of Sacramento County Sheriff’s Office told reporters.
“At 5:07 this afternoon, we received a call that there was a shooting inside the church,” Grassmann said.
“We have found now there’s an adult male, a father who has shot and killed his three children under the age of 15,” he added
