Southern California mass shooting leaves four dead, including nine-year-old boy
On the evening of March 31, in the Southern California city of Orange, located near Disneyland, the twentieth in a string of mass shootings in the United States took place, leaving four dead, including a nine-year-old boy.
Carrying a backpack with pepper spray, handcuffs and ammunition, and holding a semiautomatic handgun, the 44-year-old shooter, Aminadab Gaxiola Gonzalez, entered a small office complex located on a main boulevard in the usually peaceful suburb, and locked the building’s gates behind him. The shooter evidently targeted the owner of the business, Unified Homes, a real estate and manufactured homes business, as well as his family members.
Luis Tovar Jr. described his father, who had just celebrated his 50th birthday, as a giver. He was a hardworking guy. Always family first. Always put others in front of himself type of guy, he told NBC Los Angeles.
“Our hearts today go out to the victims, and I’m here to tell you that we’re going to do everything in our power in the Orange County District Attorney’s office to get justice for these families, District Attorney Todd Spitzer said. He said he will consider seeking the death penalty.
Aminadab Gaxiola Gonzalez, 44, was identified as the suspected shooter. He is in critical but stable condition. It wasn t clear whether he was wounded by police or shot himself, Amat said.
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