California school shooter had extensive criminal history, was possibly homeless, officials say

Law enforcement officials identified connected Thursday the alleged gunman who injured 2 children astatine a faith-based schoolhouse successful Butte County, California, earlier fatally shooting himself connected Wednesday.

Butte County Sheriff Kory Honea identified the alleged shooter arsenic Glenn Litton, 56, who reportedly had a lengthy transgression past dating backmost to his teens and who whitethorn person lacked a imperishable residence.

Litton allegedly utilized an alias to participate Feather River Adventist School adjacent Oroville connected Wednesday soon aft noon to speech with the main astir enrolling his grandson.

The backstage schoolhouse is tally by the Northern California Conference of Seventh-Day Adventists.

Honea said schoolhouse unit described the gathering connected Wednesday arsenic "cordial," and that it did not rise immoderate concerns.

Honea said investigators had determined that portion Litton has a daughter, helium does not person a grandson and that that accusation whitethorn person conscionable been a ruse to summation entree to the campus.

According to Honea, investigators found "writings" from Litton that read: "Countermeasures involving kid executions has present been imposed astatine the Seventh Day Adventist School successful California, United States by the International Alliance. I, Lieutenant Glenn Litton of the Alliance carried retired countermeasure successful necessitated effect to Americas engagement with Genocide and Oppression of Palestinians on with attacks towards Yemen."

Honea said deputies and national investigators person not determined if that radical exists but asked the nationalist to stock immoderate accusation astir it if they person it.

"How it was that helium conflated what’s going connected successful Palestine and Yemen with the Seventh-Day Adventist Church, I can’t speculate. I’m not definite that we’ll ever cognize that,” Honea said.

Butte County District Attorney Michael Ramsey said a national probation bureau noted successful 2015 that Litton was mentally sick and that helium perchance had been since helium was a teen, though officials had not confirmed immoderate diagnosis.

Honea besides said that Litton did not look to person immoderate existent transportation to the school, though arsenic a boy, Litton did be a schoolhouse tally by the aforesaid religion successful adjacent Paradise.

Over respective decades, Litton was progressive successful "criminal matters" passim California, including spending clip successful situation for theft and being convicted of forgery, individuality theft and theft successful Butte County successful 2003. He served respective years successful situation earlier being released successful 2006, Honea said.

FBI Special Agent successful Charge Sid Patel said Litton besides pleaded blameworthy successful August 2015 to aggravated individuality theft successful California, and helium pleaded the aforesaid to akin charges successful Nevada the pursuing year, yet serving 2 years successful situation for those sentences.

Police are inactive trying to stitchery much accusation connected Litton, asking the nationalist to telephone 530-538-7322 oregon 1-800-CALLFBI. Tips tin besides beryllium sent to the FBI astatine tips.fbi.gov.

In November, Litton was allegedly arrested successful South San Francisco connected theft charges and sent to San Bernardino County, wherever helium had a warrant for burglary. He was aboriginal released connected his ain recognizance and made his mode backmost to Chico.

Recently, helium was staying successful hotels successful the Chico area, Honea said, adding that Litton was "best described arsenic being homeless," and that helium was spending clip betwixt Sacramento and Chico.

As a convicted felon, Litton was not legally allowed to ain firearms. After Wednesday's shooting, responding officers recovered a handgun adjacent his body.

According to Honea, it was a shade gun, and Litton had arranged a akin assignment to supposedly enroll a household subordinate astatine different schoolhouse successful Red Bluff tally by the aforesaid church.