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Key Points:
- The suspect in the Chico library shooting was identified as 18-year-old Bradley Scott Sayer, who reportedly intended to carry out a "Columbine High School massacre type of shooting."
- The shooting at the Butte County Library’s Sherman Avenue branch resulted in two adult fatalities—Jacob Hull, 46, and a 74-year-old man—and a child with non-life-threatening injuries.
- Police responded quickly to the active shooter incident, taking Sayer into custody as he exited through the back of the library; he appeared to have acted alone with no known connection to the victims or the library.
- Following the shooting, all Butte County Library branches were closed on June 23, and a family reunification center was established at the Chico First Assembly of God Church.
- Sayer is scheduled to appear in court for arraignment on June 25, with investigations ongoing involving federal, state, and local law enforcement agencies.
