Shooting at Northern California Library Kills 2, Suspect in Custody

A shooting at a library in Northern California on Monday left two people dead and a suspect is in custody.
Shooting at Northern California Library Kills 2, Suspect in Custody
Butte County Library, Chico branch, in Chico, Calif., on June 22, 2026. KRCR-TV via AP
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The 18-year-old suspect in a shooting at a Northern California library did a walk-through of the building, then went to his vehicle, got a shotgun and fatally shot a man at the main door and another inside, law enforcement said Tuesday.

Chico Police Chief Billy Aldridge said gunshots and screams could be heard on a 911 call Monday evening from the Butte County Library’s branch in Chico—a city of about 100,000 people about 150 miles northeast of San Francisco.