The initial reports suggest that the man killed his wife and a man at a trucking company after which he killed another man nearby.
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A gunman in Southern California went on a shooting spree and killed five people, including his wife, before turning the gun on himself, said authorities.
Kern County Sheriff Donny Youngblood said that shootings began shortly before 5:30 pm on Wednesday and occurred in Bakersfield, about 90 miles north of Los Angeles.
There’s no immediate word on how the other victims were related.
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According to the media report, the suspected gunman carjacked a vehicle with a woman and a child, both of whom managed to escape.
The initial reports suggest that the man killed his wife and a man at a trucking company after which he killed another man nearby.
Later, the suspected gunman killed two people at a local residence and at last he aimed the gun at himself and committed suicide after an armed sheriff’s deputy confronted him.
(Details awaited)
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