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California shooting suspect used fake story to gain access to school

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67% Informative

California shooting suspect used fake story to gain access to school, police say.

Glenn Litton , 56 , shot and injured two children aged six and five at a school before fatally shooting himself.

The children are in critical but stable condition and being treated at a trauma centre.

Investigators believe gunman targeted school because of affiliation with Seventh-Day Adventist Church.

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formal

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English

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52

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possibly offensive

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