Shooter on rampage

FOUR people were killed and nearly a dozen wounded, including two children, when a gunman went on a rampage yesterday, randomly picking his targets at a school and other locations in rural northern California.

Tehama County assistant sheriff Phil Johnston said the assailant was killed by police following the mass shooting, which began at a home in Rancho Tehama Reserve.

He said no children were among the dead and the motive for the assault was unclear, although it might have been linked to a domestic dispute.