Madden said police had received reports of the shooting at the school shortly before 10:30 a.m., and officers responded within minutes.
Killed in the incident were 53-year-old Smith, 8-year-old student Jonathan Martinez, and Anderson in what's being considered a domestic murder-suicide.
After killing Smith on the scene, Anderson turned the gun on himself and took his own life.
The teacher's daughter also confirmed to investigators that Smith never took his threats of violence seriously and that there was never any sense of danger in her relationship with Anderson, police said.
"We just had to hide under our desks and then the SWATs came to the classroom and they told us to put our heads up". She declined to elaborate, the newspaper said.
The couple divorced in 1997.
Gun control activist Shannon Watts, who founded Moms Demand Action for Gun Sense in America following the Newtown shooting, said her group will continue to push for regulation on gun access rather than metal detectors as a solution.
He also struck two students who were standing behind Smith.
A 9-year-old boy who was injured by gunfire was at Loma Linda Medical Center was listed in serious condition Tuesday morning.
Monday's shooting at North Park Elementary, the latest of dozens of USA schools traumatised by armed intruders in recent years, left a second child badly wounded and reopened a debate about what educators can do to safeguard students against gun violence.
"I would like you to work with your young child to keep things as normal as possible", Dale Marsden, superintendent of the San Bernardino City Unified School District, said.
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"By all accounts, Jonathan Martinez was a happy child", Marsden said at a news conference.
Jonathan died at a hospital after being shot Monday by the estranged husband of the boy's teacher, Karen Smith, who was also killed.
Community members continue to leave flowers and personal notes outside of North Park Elementary School the day after the horrifying shooting inside a special-ed classroom.
Lena Hammerling and her daughters Melissa, left, and Maci, right, and an unidentified child look at a sidewalk memorial dedicated to the teacher and student who were shot to death Monday at North Park Elementary School in San Bernardino, Calif., Tuesday, April 11, 2017. Smith apparently did not tell anyone but her closest family members about his odd behavior and the problems she and Anderson were experiencing.
The weapon was a handgun, police said.
"He told her he would throw her out the window". Burguan said Smith moved out of the couple's residence in mid-March and had been staying with family.
A fire official says multiple people have been shot at an elementary school in San Bernardino. In July 2013, he was reportedly charged with assault and battery, disturbing the peace, and brandishing a firearm. He didn't provide more details.
Anderson, a self-proclaimed pastor whose Facebook profile is filled with Bible quotes and religious references, had been unemployed but previously held jobs as a maintenance worker, police said. And they had dated for four years.
The police chief of San Bernardino says a shooting at an elementary school appears to be a murder-suicide. The school district plans on providing grief counseling for the children and administration. There were 15 students in the special needs classroom ranging from first to fourth grade, along with two adult aides, Burguan said. "We are strong as long as we come in unity, as long as we come in love".
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