4 lifeless, together with a toddler, in capturing at constructing in Southern California, suspect in custody

One child was among four people killed Wednesday in a shooting in an office building in southern California that left a fifth victim and the shooter seriously injured, police said. The violence in the city of Orange, southeast of Los Angeles, was the country’s third mass shooting in just a few years.When police arrived at the two-story structure at around 5:30 p.m., shots were fired, said Jennifer Amat, Lt. the Orange Police. Officers opened fire and the suspect was taken to a hospital, Amat said. It is unclear whether the suspect suffered a self-inflicted wound or was shot by police. The police did not reveal any details about the victims other than saying that one was a child and one woman was seriously injured. In a tweet, Governor Gavin Newsom called the murders “horrific and heartbreaking.” “Our hearts go out to the families affected by this terrible tragedy tonight,” he wrote. US Representative Katie Porter, a California Democrat whose district includes the city of Orange, said on Twitter that she was “deeply saddened.” Amat had no information about what might have triggered the attack. She said the shooting took place on both levels of the building. Signs outside indicated that there were a handful of businesses there, including an insurance office, financial advisory firm, legal services company, and phone repair shop. After the shootings, people gathered in front of the building to find out about relatives. Paul Tovar told KTLA-TV that his brother owns a business there, Unified Homes, a mobile home broker. “He doesn’t answer the phone, and neither does my niece,” said Tovar. “I’m pretty scared and worried … I’m just praying very hard right now.” Charlie Espinoza was also outside the building and told The Orange County Register that he couldn’t reach his fiance, who works for medical billing, Cody Lev, who lives across from the office building, told the newspaper he heard three loud bangs, that were apart, then three more. There was silence, then he heard numerous shots, followed by sirens and more shots. A Facebook livestream posted by a resident near the office appeared to show officers carrying a motionless person out of the building and officers helping another person murders follow mass shootings at a Boulder supermarket, Colorado, last week that killed 10 people. A week earlier, there were six Asian women among eight people killed in three spas in the Atlanta area. The city of Orange is located about 30 miles from Los Angeles and is home to about 140,000 people. Amat said the shooting was the worst in town since December 1997, when a gunman armed with an assault rifle attacked a California Department of Transportation maintenance yard. Arturo Reyes Torres, 41, a machine operator fired six weeks earlier, killed four people and wounded others, including a police officer, before police killed him.

One child was among four people killed Wednesday in a shooting in an office building in southern California that left a fifth victim and the shooter seriously injured, police said.

The violence in the city of Orange, southeast of Los Angeles, was the nation’s third mass shooting in just over two weeks.

When police arrived at the two-story structure around 5:30 p.m., shots were fired, said Jennifer Amat, Lt. the Orange Police. Officers opened fire and the suspect was taken to a hospital, Amat said.

It is unclear whether the suspect suffered a self-inflicted wound or was shot by police. The police did not reveal any details about the victims other than saying that one was a child and one woman was seriously injured.

In a tweet, Governor Gavin Newsom called the killings “horrific and heartbreaking”.

“Our hearts go out to the families affected by this terrible tragedy tonight,” he wrote.

US Representative Katie Porter, a California Democrat whose district includes the city of Orange, said on Twitter that she was “deeply saddened.”

Amat had no information about what might have triggered the attack. She said the shooting took place on both levels of the building. Signs outside indicated that there were a handful of businesses there, including an insurance office, financial advisory firm, legal services company, and phone repair shop.

After the shooting, people gathered outside the building hoping to learn about their loved ones.

Paul Tovar told KTLA-TV that his brother owns a company there, Unified Homes, a mobile home broker. “He doesn’t answer the phone, and neither does my niece,” said Tovar. “I’m pretty scared and worried … I’m just praying very hard right now.”

Charlie Espinoza was also outside the building, telling The Orange County Register that he couldn’t reach his fiancé, who works for a medical billing company.

Cody Lev, who lives across from the office building, told the newspaper he heard three loud pops, then three more. There was silence, then he heard numerous shots, followed by sirens and more shots.

A Facebook livestream from a resident who lives near the office showed officers carrying a motionless person out of the building and officers helping another person.

The murders follow a mass shooting at a supermarket in Boulder, Colorado last week that killed 10 people. A week earlier, there were six Asian women among eight people killed in three spas in the Atlanta area.

The city of Orange is about 30 miles from Los Angeles and has a population of about 140,000. Amat said the shooting was the worst in town since December 1997, when a gunman armed with an assault rifle attacked a California Department of Transportation maintenance yard.

Arturo Reyes Torres, 41, a machine operator who had been laid off six weeks earlier, killed four people and wounded others, including a police officer, before police killed him.