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BROOKE: THE SAN BERNARDINO
COMMUNITY IS IN MOURNING AFTER
A ***-SUICIDE AT AN
ELEMENTARY SCHOOL. A VIGIL
WAS HELD LAST NIGHT FOR THE
VICTIMS. 2 NEWS REPORTER
KELLEY KING TELLS US WHY THE
SUSPECT MIGHT HAVE PULLED THE
TRIGGER.. IN THIS DEVELOPING
STORY.
KELLEY KING: POLICE SAY 53-
YEAR-OLD CEDRIC ANDERSON
ENTERED THE CLASSROOM OF HIS
ESTRANGED WIFE, KAREN SMITH,
AND OPENED FIRE BEFORE TURNING
THE GUN ON HIMSELF. SMITH'S
MOTHER SAYS HER DAUGHTER LEFT
HIM ABOUT A MONTH AGO.
AUTHORITIES SAY HE HAD A
HISTORY OF WEAPONS, DOMESTIC
VIOLENCE, AND POSSIBLE DRUG
CHARGES. POLICE SAY
ANDERSON GOT INTO THE SCHOOL,
TELLING THE OFFICE HE HAD
SOMETHING TO DROP OFF FOR
SMITH. ACCORDING TO
OFFICIALS, WHEN HE ENTERED HER
SPECIAL EDUCATION CLASS, HE
STARTED SHOOTING... KILLING
HER. TWO STUDENTS WHO WERE
BEHIND SMITH WERE ALSO SHOT.
THAT INCLUDES 8-YEAR-OLD
JONATHAN MARTINEZ, WHO LATER
DIED AT THE HOSPITAL. POLICE
SAY A 9-YEAR-OLD REMAINS
HOSPITALIZED AND IS STABLE.
A STUDENT IN THE CLASSROOM
DESCRIBES WHAT HAPPENED.
BROOKLYN HUGHES, STUDENT OF
DECEASED TEACHER:"FIRST HE
SHOOT THE WALL, RUN ON OUR
RUG, SHOOT THE PROJECTOR, AND
WE WAS RUNNING... AND HE WAS
JUST FAKING SHOOTING MY FRIEND
AND HE SHOT MY TEACHER FRONT
OF HER FOREHEAD."SUMMER
TERRELL/ MOTHER:"IT'S JUST
LIKE UNIMAGINABLE, LIKE YOU
WOULD NEVER THINK THAT YOU
WOULD HAVE TO GO THROUGH
SOMETHING LIKE THIS WITH YOUR
KIDS AND JUST THE FEAR OF NOT
KNOWING. AND WE DIDN'T KNOW
FOR A WHILE HOW MANY KIDS OR
WHAT KIDS OR IF OUR KIDS WERE
OK OR NOT. KELLEY: POLICE
SAY THEY DO áNOTá BELIEVE THE
STUDENTS WERE SPECIFICALLY
TARGETED. THIS IS THE SECOND
TIME áRECENTLYá FOR TRAGEDY TO
HIT SAN BERNARDINO. IT WAS
ALSO THE SITE OF A DECEMBER
2015 TERROR ATTACK THAT KILLED
14 PEOPLE AND WOUNDED 22
OTHERS. KELLEY KING 2 NEWS
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