2 Dead, 1 Injured in a Shooting at a Building in California

The gunman is believed to be one of the deceased.

(Photo: AP)

At least two persons, including the shooter, have died in a workplace shooting in Long Beach city in California, officials said.

Long Beach Police on Friday, 29 December, said they responded to the Bixby Knolls neighborhood amid reports of an active shooter at large, the Los Angeles Times reported.

Police said they found multiple casualties but it was no longer considered an active shooting scene.

Long Beach police Sgt Brad Johnson says officers found the gunman and one victim dead when they arrived on Friday.

They learned that a third victim had already driven himself to a hospital. There was no further word on his condition.

Johnson says police didn’t fire any shots. A SWAT team searched the rest of the building and no other victims were found.

Authorities said the shooter is "believed to be deceased at the scene".

Long Beach City Councilman Al Austin, who was briefed by police, said the shooter killed one person and then himself. Austin represents the Bixby Knolls area.

Several witnesses said the shooting occurred in a building that housed a law office.

Joy Wilson heard police sirens outside her home, about a block away from the shooting, and walked outside. There she saw about two dozen people running down San Antonio Drive, "looking like they were trying to get away."

"They were definitely panicking," Wilson said, standing near the police tape, helicopters buzzing overhead.

Police were there with assault rifles and technical gear.

(With inputs from IANS, AP)

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