The suspected gunman who unleashed a barrage of gunfire inside a Northern California library on Monday, killing two people, was influenced by the 1999 Columbine High School shooting and other mass shootings, officials said Tuesday.The suspect, 18-year-old Bradley Scott Sayer, had no known connection to the library or any of the victims, the Chico Police Department said.Before opening fire, he allegedly conducted a walkthrough of the building, went to his vehicle and grabbed a shotgun.Once at the front of the Chico branch of the Butte County Library, Sayer fatally shot a man at the main door and another inside, authorities said.FOUR DEAD AND 29 SHOT IN CHICAGO WEEKEND VIOLENCE AS LEADERS TOUT CRIME PROGRESSBradley Scott Sayer, 18, is accused of killing two people upon opening fire at a library in Chico, Calif.
on Monday, police said.Authorities said Tuesday he was inspired by the 1999 Columbine High School shooting.
(The Associated Press)Following multiple 911 calls, officers arrived at the scene and set up a perimeter.Sayer then exited the building and was taken into police custody."From the first 911 call to having him in custody was less than four minutes," said Chico Police Chief Billy Aldridge, who noted that gunshots and screams could be heard on one 911 call and that the fast police response prevented the taking of more lives.The man at the entrance was shot in the leg and head, and another man inside the building was shot in the head, police said.The victims were identified as 46-year-old Jacob Hull and 74-year-old Robert Johnson.
An underage girl was injured and treated at a hospital.In total, eight shots were fired, police said.GIRL OBSESSED WITH SANDY HOOK, COLUMBINE ALLEGEDLY PLOTTED SCHOOL MASSACRE WITH OTHER STUDENTS: REPORTLaw enforcement personnel at a shooting at the Chico Library in Chico, Calif., on Monday.
(Michael Weber/The Chico Enterprise-Record via AP)Sayer had just graduated from Chico High School on June 5, said Sid Patel, the special ag...