(FOX40.com) — Regulation enforcement officers recognized on Thursday the alleged gunman who injured two youngsters at a faith-based college in Butte County earlier than fatally capturing himself on Wednesday.
Butte County Sheriff Kory Honea recognized the alleged shooter as Glenn Litton, 56, who reportedly had a prolonged legal historical past courting again to his teenagers and who might have lacked a everlasting residence in current instances.
Litton allegedly used an alias to enter Feather River Adventist Faculty close to Oroville on Wednesday shortly after midday to speak with the principal about enrolling his grandson.
The personal college is run by the Northern California Convention of Seventh-Day Adventists.
Honea stated that college employees described the assembly on Wednesday as “cordial,” and that it didn’t increase any considerations.
On Thursday, Honea stated that investigators had decided that whereas Litton has a daughter, he doesn’t have a grandson and that that info might have simply been a ruse to realize entry to the campus.
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In keeping with Honea, investigators discovered “writings” from Litton that learn: “Countermeasures involving child executions has now been imposed at the Seventh Day Adventist School in California, United States by the International Alliance. I, Lieutenant Glenn Litton of the Alliance carried out countermeasure in necessitated response to Americas involvement with Genocide and Oppression of Palestinians along with attacks towards Yemen.”
Honea stated deputies and federal investigators haven’t decided if that group exists, however requested the general public to share any details about it if they’ve it.
“The way it was that he conflated what’s happening in Palestine and Yemen with the Seventh-Day Adventist Church, I can’t speculate. I’m unsure that we’ll ever know that,” Honea stated.
Butte County District Lawyer Michael Ramsey stated Thursday {that a} federal probation workplace famous in 2015 that Litton was mentally in poor health and that he presumably had been since he was a teen, though officers had not confirmed any analysis.
Honea additionally stated that Litton didn’t seem to have any present connection to the college, though as a boy, Litton did attend a college run by the identical church in close by Paradise.
Over a number of many years, Litton was concerned in “criminal matters” all through California, together with spending time in jail for theft and being convicted of forgery, identification theft and theft in Butte County in 2003. He served a number of years in jail earlier than being launched in 2006, Honea stated.
FBI Particular Agent in Cost Sid Patel stated that Litton additionally pleaded responsible in August 2015 to aggravated identification theft in California and that he pleaded the identical to comparable expenses in Nevada the next yr, in the end serving two years in jail for these sentences.
Patel and Honea stated that they’re nonetheless making an attempt to collect extra info on Litton, asking the general public to name 530-538-7322 or 1-800-CALLFBI. Ideas can be despatched to the FBI at suggestions.fbi.gov.
In November of this yr, Litton was allegedly arrested in South San Francisco on expenses of theft and was despatched to San Bernardino County, the place he had a warrant for housebreaking. He was later launched on his personal recognizance and made his manner again to Chico.
In current days, he was staying in inns within the Chico space, Honea stated, including that Litton was “best described as being homeless,” and that he was spending time between Sacramento and Chico.
As a convicted felon, Litton was not legally allowed to personal firearms. After Wednesday’s capturing, responding officers allegedly discovered a handgun close to his physique.
In keeping with Honea, it was a ghost gun, and Litton had organized an identical appointment to supposedly enroll a member of the family at one other college in Pink Bluff run by the identical church.
