{"id":2376740,"date":"2024-12-05T14:45:00","date_gmt":"2024-12-05T19:45:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/seventh-day-adventist-school-was-likely-religious-target-sheriff-washington-examiner\/"},"modified":"2024-12-05T14:45:55","modified_gmt":"2024-12-05T19:45:55","slug":"seventh-day-adventist-school-was-likely-religious-target-sheriff-washington-examiner","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/seventh-day-adventist-school-was-likely-religious-target-sheriff-washington-examiner\/","title":{"rendered":"Seventh-day Adventist school was likely religious target: Sheriff &#8211; Washington Examiner"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">22<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fseventh-day-adventist-school-was-likely-religious-target-sheriff-washington-examiner%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2376740&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>A <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/ntd-evening-news-full-broadcast-oct-27\/\" title=\"NTD Evening News Full Broadcast on October 27th.\">recent shooting \u200bincident<\/a> at Feather River Adventist School in \u200cButte County,\u2063 California, has left two kindergarteners critically injured. Authorities suspect that the shooter \u200ctargeted \u2064the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/college-coach-quits-after-being-accused-of-making-microaggressive-comments-about-black-cheerleaders-hairstyle\/\" title=\"College Coach Quits After Being Accused Of Making \u2018Microaggressive Comments\u2019 About Black Cheerleader\u2019s Hairstyle\">school due<\/a>\u200b to its affiliation \u2063with \u200dthe\u2063 Seventh-day Adventist church.\u2064 The <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\">tragic event \u200doccurred<\/a> during a \u2063lunch recess when \u200cthe \u200cgunman opened fire before taking \u200dhis own life. witness\u2062 accounts, such \u2062as from a sixth grader\u2062 named \u200dJocelyn Orlando, describe a scene of panic as students heard\u200b gunshots and ran \u200cfor safety. The investigation is ongoing as\u2063 law enforcement\u200b looks into \u200cthe motive behind the attack.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-header-search-button-mob dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search\" aria-labelledby=\"td-header-search-button\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search-inner\">\n<form method=\"get\" class=\"tdb-search-form\" action=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\"><\/form>\n<div class=\"tdb-aj-search\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/#\" role=\"button\" aria-label=\"Search\" class=\"tdb-head-search-btn dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<h1 class=\"tdb-title-text\">Seventh-day Adventist school where two kids were wounded was likely religious target: Sheriff<\/h1>\n<div><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-title-line\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div id=\"Brid_1902389\" class=\"tpd-featured-video bridtv\"><\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/california\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">California<\/a> authorities believe a shooter may have targeted a school and critically injured two children because of its <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/christians\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">religious <\/a>affiliation with the Seventh-day Adventist church.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div class=\"article-paywall\">\n<p>On Wednesday afternoon, a gunman opened fire at Feather River Adventist School in Butte County, wounding two kindergarteners before he took his own life.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;\">&ldquo;We were going in for lunch recess, and basically everybody in my <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/gunman-dead-after-shooting-at-california-religious-school\/\" title=\"Gunman Dead After Shooting at California Religious School\">classroom heard shooting<\/a>, and most people were screaming,&rdquo; sixth grader Jocelyn Orlando&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/sacramento\/news\/palermo-butte-county-feather-river-school-shooting\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">told<\/a>&nbsp;CBS News Sacramento.<\/span> &ldquo;We all went into the office, we closed the curtains, locked the doors, basically did what we would do in a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/top-republican-leader-slams-marjorie-taylor-greene-a-cancer-for-the-republican-party\/\" title=\"Top Republican Leader Slams Marjorie Taylor Greene: A \u2018Cancer For The Republican Party\u2019\">school shooting<\/a>, and then one of the teachers came, and we all ran into the gym.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Following the attack on the religious school, Butte County Sheriff Kony Honea said authorities had &ldquo;received some information that leads us to believe that the subject responsible for the shooting targeted this school because of its affiliation with the Seventh-day Adventist Church.&rdquo;&nbsp;<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Police officers stand near a body covered by a tarp outside of Feather River Adventist School after a shooting Wednesday, Dec. 4, 2024, in Oroville, California. (Michael Weber\/The Chico Enterprise-Record via AP)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>&ldquo;Whether or not this is a hate crime or whether or not it&rsquo;s part of some sort of larger scheme at this point. I don&rsquo;t have enough information to provide an answer to that,&rdquo; he continued.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Approximately 35 students attend the tiny northern California K-8 school located in Palermo. <\/p>\n<p>Police revealed Wednesday that two boys enrolled in the school&rsquo;s kindergarten who were injured are in &ldquo;extremely critical condition.&rdquo;&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;I am thankful that they&rsquo;re still alive, but they&rsquo;ve got a long road ahead of them,&rdquo; Honea said.<\/p>\n<p>The shooter, whose identity has not yet been released, had no known connection to the school.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The FBI has launched an investigation into the incident, saying in a press conference that it is &ldquo;doing an entire work-up of the subject, to get a better understanding of his motivation, ideology.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Gov. Gavin Newsom (D-CA) put out a statement on <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/GavinNewsom\/status\/1864520739841351864\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">X <\/a>saying the community had been &ldquo;shattered by senseless gun violence.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Assemblyman James Gallagher, a top Republican lawmaker in the state whose area includes Butte County, said his &ldquo;heart is breaking for everyone impacted by this tragedy&rdquo; and called for more armed officers at every school in an X <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/J_GallagherAD3\/status\/1864680442114527495\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">post<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>A shooting last year that took place at a small Christian school in Tennessee also raised questions about whether it was targeted because of its religious affiliation. Authorities have not yet come to a final conclusion on the motive behind the Covenant School shooting, in which six people were killed.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/washingtonexaminer.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><strong><\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>However, Sen. Josh Hawley (R-MO) is among the lawmakers who have described the massacre as a &ldquo;hate crime.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;A crime that according to Nashville police, specifically targeted, that&rsquo;s their word, targeted, the members of this Christian community, the members of this religious institution,&rdquo; he <a href=\"https:\/\/www.kansascity.com\/news\/politics-government\/article273686005.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">said<\/a> in a press release in 2023.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p> <script data-cfasync=\"false\" src=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/cdn-cgi\/scripts\/5c5dd728\/cloudflare-static\/email-decode.min.js\"><\/script><script>!function(){var g=window;g.googletag=g.googletag||{},g.googletag.cmd=g.googletag.cmd||[],g.googletag.cmd.push(function(){g.googletag.pubads().setTargeting(\"has-featured-video\",\"true\")})}();<\/script><script>var _bp=_bp||[];_bp.push({\"div\":\"Brid_1902389\",\"obj\":{\"id\":\"27789\",\"width\":\"1280\",\"height\":\"720\",\"stickyDirection\":\"below\",\"video\":\"1902389\"}});<\/script><script defer src=\"https:\/\/services.brid.tv\/player\/build\/brid.min.js\"><\/script><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Sheriff: Shooter likely targeted Seventh-day Adventist school<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3142,"featured_media":2376741,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Feather-River-Adventist-School.webp","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[46196,40242,46195,46197,32076],"class_list":["post-2376740","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","tag-religious-targeting","tag-school-safety","tag-seventh-day-adventist","tag-sheriffs-report","tag-washington-examiner"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Feather-River-Adventist-School.webp","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2376740","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3142"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2376740"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2376740\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2376744,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2376740\/revisions\/2376744"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2376741"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2376740"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2376740"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2376740"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}