The school was evacuated and students were bused to the campus of California State University at San Bernardino to be briefed and interviewed by authorities. Anderson died of a self-inflicted gunshot wound. An 8-year-old later died. A second student was also wounded and was in stable condition at a local hospital.
Cedric Anderson (left) is the chief suspect.
"I am told that both the students were behind the teacher when the suspect shot his wife", Burguan said.
"We believe the teacher knew who the shooter was", Garcia said, adding that all other students were safe. VIDEO: Parent anxiously awaits news about son after school shootingParents and guardians were asked to bring their ID to Cajon High School for identification and verification and will be escorted to CSUSB, school officials said.
Two other schools in the area were put on lockdown as a precaution following the shooting.
Two students were airlifted to a hospital after what was believed to be a domestic dispute, San Bernardino City Unified School District spokeswoman Maria Garcia told news station KNBC-TV. Maas said they were not related to either of the dead adults. "We think the two children were unfortunate recipients of injuries". Their conditions were not immediately known. U.S. Education Department data said just 2 percent of U.S. schools require people entering to pass through metal detectors, up from 1 percent in 2000.
A 53-year-old man who walked into a San Bernardino elementary school classroom and opened fire was targeting his estranged wife, the teacher, to whom he had only been married a few months, authorities said.
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A short time later, police reported the "current threat at North Park ES has been neutralized". He said the preliminary information was that a total of four victims were being treated.
The two students who were struck by gunfire were standing behind Smith, the police chief said.
The parents of students at the elementary school were told to stay away from the campus.
"I would like our community and our nation to keep our families in prayer", he said.
The city of 216,000 was the site of a December 2015 terror attack that killed 14 people and wounded 22 others at a meeting of San Bernardino County employees.
San Bernardino Mayor R. Carey Davis said he was contacted by a White House spokesperson after the shooting.
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