Four dead including a child in a mass shooting at California office building

A shooting at a Southern California office building on Wednesday left four people dead, including a child, as cops wounded and arrested the suspect, authorities said.

It is the third mass shooting in the United States in two weeks after a shooting at Atlanta spas killed eight people, including six Asian women, and 10 people were killed at a Boulder, Colorado grocery store.

Officials with the Orange Police Department told the Los Angeles Times that officers were fired on and returned fire, hitting the suspect whose name has not yet been revealed.

The shooting happened at around 5.30pm at 202 W. Lincoln Avenue in Orange – a small, two-story office building that houses a number of small businesses, the Orange Police Department posted on Facebook.

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A police officer stands outside a building were multiple people were killed in a shooting in Orange, California o Wednesday

Police officers stand outside a building were multiple people were killed in a shooting in Orange, California on Wednesday

Police officers stand outside a building were multiple people were killed in a shooting in Orange, California on Wednesday

Police officers stand outside a business building where a shooting occurred in Orange, California on Wednesday

Police officers stand outside a business building where a shooting occurred in Orange, California on Wednesday

Police officers stand outside a business building where a shooting occurred in Orange, California on Wednesday after four people, including a child, were killed

Police officers stand outside a business building where a shooting occurred in Orange, California on Wednesday after four people, including a child, were killed

A police officer stands in a building were multiple people were killed in a shooting in Orange, California on Wednesday

A police officer stands in a building were multiple people were killed in a shooting in Orange, California on Wednesday

Police officers are seen in a building were multiple people were killed in a shooting in Orange, California on Wednesday

Police officers are seen in a building were multiple people were killed in a shooting in Orange, California on Wednesday

A police officer stands outside a building were multiple people were killed in a shooting in Orange, California on Wednesday

A police officer stands outside a building were multiple people were killed in a shooting in Orange, California on Wednesday

Investigators survey the scene in an office building after a shooting in Orange, California on Wednesday night

Investigators survey the scene in an office building after a shooting in Orange, California on Wednesday night

Investigators survey the scene in an office building after a shooting in Orange, California on Wednesday night

Investigators survey the scene in an office building after a shooting in Orange, California on Wednesday night

Officials provide an update that a female victim and the suspected male shooter were in critical condition at an area hospital

Officials provide an update that a female victim and the suspected male shooter were in critical condition at an area hospital

‘Officers arrived as shots were being fired and located multiple victims at the scene including fatalities. An officer involved shooting occurred,’ said the post, which was filed shortly after 7pm. 

‘The situation has been stabilized and there is no threat to the public.’

Officials said that the shooter and a female victim were wounded and taken to a hospital in a critical condition.

Police have not yet released a motive for the attack but a screenshot from an Orange Talk group on Facebook indicated that the shooting happened at a family therapist office and that a husband killed his wife and child as well as two other victims.

DailyMail.com has reached out to the Orange Police Department for more information and additional comment, as well as clarification about the manner of the shooting and possible victims. 

A SWAT vehicle and dozens of police cars responded to the shooting as well as fire engines from multiple area fire departments, the Orange County Register reported.

A video appears to show officers as they ‘captured the suspect alive,’ according to @skkboz who posted it to Twitter.

The Twitter user said: ‘Officers seen removing two handguns from an individual who lie motionless on the ground. Officers could be seen leading two others away in handcuffs.’

A Facebook livestream, posted by a resident who lives near the office building, showed officers carrying a motionless person out and providing aid to someone else, the Orange County Register reported.

It also showed officers taking two handguns from someone who was lying on the ground and providing help to another person. Two other people were led away in handcuffs, the paper said.

KABC-TV reported that at least two bodies could be seen outside the building with one on a second floor walkway and one in a courtyard after the deadly attack, as well as bloody clothes and what appeared to be a weapon. 

An object believed to have been involved with the shooting is pictured, and appears to be a tactical vest or some sort of bag with straps

An object believed to have been involved with the shooting is pictured, and appears to be a tactical vest or some sort of bag with straps

An Orange Police Department SWAT vehicle is seen with Orange City Fire Department firefighters on Wednesday after a deadly mass shooting

An Orange Police Department SWAT vehicle is seen with Orange City Fire Department firefighters on Wednesday after a deadly mass shooting

Police are seen investigating a deadly mass shooting in Orange, California on Wednesday that killed four people

Police are seen investigating a deadly mass shooting in Orange, California on Wednesday that killed four people

Bloody clothes and what appeared to be wallet are seen after the deadly mass shooting a California office building on Wednesday

Bloody clothes and what appeared to be wallet are seen after the deadly mass shooting a California office building on Wednesday

An aerial view shows the large police response after a deadly shooting in Orange, California on Wednesday

An aerial view shows the large police response after a deadly shooting in Orange, California on Wednesday 

Fire trucks and an armored vehicle are seen at the two-story office building where a deadly shooting happened on Wednesday

Fire trucks and an armored vehicle are seen at the two-story office building where a deadly shooting happened on Wednesday

Witnesses told the outlet that they heard two distinct sets of shots with the first being the initial rampage and the second being the shootout with cops. 

‘I was just in my room hanging out. All of a sudden I heard five to seven gun shots go off,’ a neighbor told KABC-TV.

‘And then I waited a couple minutes and the police came. And I heard a few more gunshots go off. It was a lot, quickly. Then the helicopter showed up and it was silent after that.’

The neighbor added: ‘We thought it was a car backfiring at first. Then it became louder and quicker and we knew it was not. It was quick gunfire shots.’

Cody Lev, who lives across the street from the office building, told the Orange County Register that he was sitting on a couch with headphones on when he heard the gunfire begin.

Cops were seen in a video posted to Facebook running to the scene of the shooting in Orange, California on Wednesday

Cops were seen in a video posted to Facebook running to the scene of the shooting in Orange, California on Wednesday

A video showed officers at the scene interacting with a person on the ground outside of the office building on Wednesday

A video showed officers at the scene interacting with a person on the ground outside of the office building on Wednesday

A video showed officers at the scene interacting with a person on the ground outside of the office building on Wednesday

 A video showed officers at the scene interacting with a person on the ground outside of the office building on Wednesday

Officers and paramedics load a person on a gurney into an ambulance after the deadly attack in Orange, California

Officers and paramedics load a person on a gurney into an ambulance after the deadly attack in Orange, California

He said he saw police swarm the office building and paramedics carry a person away on a stretcher when he looked outside from his home. 

Politicians started to react to the news of yet another mass shooting on Wednesday evening. 

Congresswoman Katie Porter said on Twitter that she was ‘deeply saddened’ by reports of the mass shooting.

‘I’m continuing to keep victims and their loved ones in my thoughts as we continue to learn more,’ she tweeted.

‘Obviously this is something shocking for the city of Orange, for something of this magnitude to happen,’ Orange Councilwoman Arianna Barrios said, according to the Orange County Register. 

‘Perhaps in this day and age, no community should be unprepared for something like this to happen.’   

Politicians including State Assembly member Rob Bonta, a pick for California Attorney General, have started to respond to the shooting

Politicians including State Assembly member Rob Bonta, a pick for California Attorney General, have started to respond to the shooting

State Assembly member Rob Bonta called gun violence ‘America’s disease.’

‘No one should have to fear for their lives at work, in school, or in prayer,’ Bonta wrote in tweet.

Bonta is Gov. Gavin Newsom’s nominee for California attorney general. 

‘I am truly heartbroken for the victims’ families and everyone impacted by this shooting in Orange. We don’t have to live like this. We need #MoreThanThoughtsAndPrayers to stop these preventable tragedies. We must ensure that our communities are safe,’ wrote State Assembly member Sharon Quirk-Silva on Twitter.

The Orange Police Department said that it was that city’s deadliest shooting since 1997 when a 43-year-old former Caltrans worker who had been fired shot and killed four of his former coworkers before he was killed by police.

Arturo Reyes Torres, 41, an equipment operator who had been fired six weeks earlier, killed four people and wounded others, including a police officer, before police killed him.

The city of Orange is about 30 miles southeast of Los Angeles and home to about 140,000 people.