Oroville mass shooting suspect identified as 21-year-old with criminal history – Action News Now

BUTTE COUNTY, Calif. - The Butte County Sheriffs Office and the Butte County District Attorney provided more information following a mass shooting in Oroville Wednesday night.

Authorities said 21-year-old Asaahdi Coleman of Sacramento was arrested following the shooting on a Greyhound bus that killed a 43-year-old woman and left four people injured. The name of the person who was killed is not being released at this time.

Sheriff Kory Honea said an 11-year-old girl was taken to the hospital and is in stable condition. He said the other people who were injured, include a 25-year-old woman who is pregnant and is in critical condition, a 38-year-old man with minor injuries who is expected to be released from the hospital, and a 32-year-old man with multiple gunshot wounds and is in critical condition after he underwent surgery.

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The shooting happened just outside the am-pm/Arco gas station on Oro Dam Boulevard in Oroville (Action News Now photo)

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A shooting on a Greyhound bus in Oroville left one dead and four wounded Wednesday night (Action News Now photo)

Honea said people on the bus called 911 around 7:30 p.m. Wednesday from from the bus stop at the AM/PM market on Oro Dam Boulevard East.

As deputies were responding to assist the Oroville Police Department, they diverted to more 911 calls from Walmart at 465 Cal Oak Rd., which is about half a mile from the AM/PM store.

Honea said it appears Coleman had left the bus after the shooting and ran south across Oro Dam Boulevard through a commercial area, dropping the firearm at a construction site. The weapon was later recovered by authorities.

Honea added that Coleman continued south and made it to the Walmart. He reportedly walked over to the cash register and at some point he became involved in a verbal altercation with a woman who was with her boyfriend. Honea said that alteration escalated to a physical altercation.

Shortly after, Honea said Coleman then began to remove clothing. Once deputies arrived, they identified Coleman by the description they were given and arrested him without further incident.

At a news conference Thursday, authorities provided information about the events that led up to the shooting.

Honea said Coleman had boarded the southbound bus Wednesday afternoon in Redding, which made stops along the way in Red Bluff and Chico.

Coleman made a phone call from the bus as it passed through Chico and then started a conversation with other people on the bus, Honea said from information gathered from witnesses. Coleman then began acting paranoid and started to show people on the bus he had a firearm.

According to Honea, when the bus got to Oroville, Coleman fired a series of gunshots inside the bus. District Attorney Mike Ramsey said Coleman fired shots toward the front of the bus. During the news conference Ramsey referenced a photo that showed a bullet hole through the front windshield of the bus.

Ramsey said the Department of Justice came down from Redding to investigate the crime. He said investigators found a dozen 9mm shell casings, which was consistent with witness statements who described more than 10 shots fired.

Coleman had a criminal history, including a juvenile record and was wanted out of Alameda County for a felony warrant for a probation violation. Coleman was prohibited from possessing a firearm, according to Ramsey.

Coleman will appear in court Friday at 3 p.m. when Ramsey plans to file charges.

The identification of the person who was killed had not been released and authorities must notify next of kin.

The investigation is ongoing and authorities will release the information of the person who died in a news release after the family has been notified.

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