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.<\/p>\n
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.<\/p>\n
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.<\/p>\n
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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)<\/p>\n
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A shooting on a Greyhound bus in Oroville left one dead and four wounded Wednesday night (Action News Now photo)<\/p>\n
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.<\/p>\n
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.<\/p>\n
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.<\/p>\n
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.<\/p>\n
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.<\/p>\n
At a news conference Thursday, authorities provided information about the events that led up to the shooting.<\/p>\n
Honea said Coleman had boarded the southbound bus Wednesday afternoon in Redding, which made stops along the way in Red Bluff and Chico.<\/p>\n
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.<\/p>\n
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.<\/p>\n
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.<\/p>\n
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.<\/p>\n
Coleman will appear in court Friday at 3 p.m. when Ramsey plans to file charges.<\/p>\n
The identification of the person who was killed had not been released and authorities must notify next of kin.<\/p>\n
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.<\/p>\n
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