A gunman in the US state of California shot and killed six people, including himself and his wife, in a mass shooting that police say has become the “new normal” across the country.
The unidentified man went with his wife to a trucking company in Bakersfield, California, where he shot and killed a man and then turned his gun on his spouse, killing her, Kern County Sheriff Donny Youngblood told a news conference on Wednesday.
He then chased another man from the trucking company before he shot and killed him in front of a nearby sports store.
The gunman then went to a home where he shot and killed a man and a woman, the sheriff said.
He killed himself shortly afterwards after being confronted by a sheriff’s deputy, Youngblood said.
“This is the new normal, if you look across this country,” Youngblood said, describing the incident as a mass shooting.
“Obviously, these are not random shootings,” he added. “Six people lost their…