{"id":372503,"date":"2026-06-24T04:07:25","date_gmt":"2026-06-24T04:07:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/372503\/"},"modified":"2026-06-24T04:07:25","modified_gmt":"2026-06-24T04:07:25","slug":"suspected-california-library-gunman-influenced-by-columbine-shooting-and-wore-matching-shirt-officials-say","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/372503\/","title":{"rendered":"Suspected California library gunman influenced by Columbine shooting and wore matching shirt, officials say"},"content":{"rendered":"

The suspected gunman who unleashed a barrage of gunfire inside a Northern California library on Monday, killing two people, was influenced by the 1999 Columbine High School shooting<\/a> and other mass shootings, officials said Tuesday.<\/p>\n

The suspect, 18-year-old Bradley Scott Sayer, had no known connection to the library or any of the victims, the Chico Police Department<\/a> said.<\/p>\n

Before opening fire, he allegedly conducted a walkthrough of the building, went to his vehicle and grabbed a shotgun. Once at the front of the Chico branch of the Butte County Library, Sayer fatally shot a man at the main door and another inside, authorities said.<\/p>\n

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Bradley Scott Sayer, 18, is accused of killing two people upon opening fire at a library in Chico, Calif. on Monday, police said. Authorities said Tuesday he was inspired by the 1999 Columbine High School shooting.<\/p>\n

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Following multiple 911 calls, officers arrived at the scene and set up a perimeter. Sayer then exited the building and was taken into police custody.<\/p>\n

“From the first 911 call to having him in custody was less than four minutes,” said Chico Police Chief<\/a> Billy Aldridge, who noted that gunshots and screams could be heard on one 911 call and that the fast police response prevented the taking of more lives.<\/p>\n

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The man at the entrance was shot in the leg and head, and another man inside the building was shot in the head, police said.<\/p>\n

The victims were identified as 46-year-old Jacob Hull and 74-year-old Robert Johnson. An underage girl was injured and treated at a hospital. In total, eight shots were fired, police said.<\/p>\n

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Law enforcement personnel at a shooting at the Chico Library in Chico, Calif., on Monday.<\/p>\n

Sayer had just graduated from Chico High School on June 5, said Sid Patel, the special agent in charge of the Fbi<\/a>\u2019s Sacramento office.<\/p>\n

A search of Sayer’s vehicle, located in the library parking lot, uncovered two additional firearms. Investigators were looking into how he acquired the weapons.<\/p>\n

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A sign is posted outside the Chico branch of the Butte County Library a day after a shooting in Chico, Calif.<\/p>\n

At the time of the shooting, Sayer was wearing a white T-shirt inscribed with the words “natural selection,” mimicking a T-shirt with the same slogan worn by Eric Harris, one of two shooters in the 1999 Columbine massacre in Colorado<\/a>, Patel said, The Associated Press reported.<\/p>\n

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“He had been a fan, and a fan for a long time” of the Columbine shootings on social media, Butte County District Attorney Michael Ramsey said.<\/p>\n

Sayer is scheduled to be arraigned Thursday, Ramsey said.<\/p>\n

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