San Bernardino Elementary School; Two Dead As Gunman Goes On Rampage In California

A teacher was killed and two children injured in a shooting at a San Bernardino elementary school. The male shooter entered North Park Elementary School at 10.25am on Monday morning, signing in at the front desk to visit the female teacher with a concealed handgun.

He was allowed entry to the school and went to her mixed-grade classroom where he opened fire on her and two children standing near her before turning the gun on himself.

Police found him and the teacher shot dead in the classroom. The two children, whose ages are not known, were taken to hospital in critical condition. North Park Elementary School teaches from kindergarten to Grade 6 between the ages of five and 12.

The incident is believed to be a domestic-related murder suicide aimed at the teacher. The children are not related to either the teacher or the shooter.

It is not yet known whether anyone else was inside the classroom at the time or if the gunman intended to shoot the children.

Police are still trying to inform one child's family of their involvement in the tragedy.

San Bernardino Police confirmed at a press conference that the shooter signed in at the front desk and was known to other staff who did not know he was carrying a gun when he was allowed entry.

From the front desk, he walked to the female teacher's classroom where he opened fire.

Authorities are working to confirm the identifies of both the shooter and teacher but they say the pair are known to each other. Police were searching the man's house on Monday afternoon.