A gunman in Bakersfield, Calif., went on a killing spree through the city on Wednesday night, fatally shooting five people — including his wife — and stealing a vehicle before being confronted by a sheriff’s deputy and killing himself, the authorities said. The authorities did not immediately release the names of the victims or the gunman. “Obviously there’s some type of situation that caused the husband to be extremely upset,” he said. Obviously these are not random shootings.”The events began to unfold when the suspect, who was armed with a handgun, and his wife entered a trucking business, Sheriff Youngblood said. They confronted a man at the business; the husband shot and killed the man, and then turned and shot his wife, the sheriff said.

Source: New York Times September 13, 2018 04:18 UTC