An unidentified gunman shot and killed five people in a series of shootings on Wednesday in Southern California before taking his own life, police said.<\/p>\n
The man killed his wife and a man at a trucking company in Bakersfield, California, Kern County Sheriff Donny Youngblood told a news conference.<\/p>\n
He then chased another man from the trucking company before he shot and killed him in front of a nearby sports store.<\/p>\n
The gunman later killed two men at a residence. He then commandeered a vehicle from a woman and her child before he killed himself when he was confronted by a sheriff’s deputy, Youngblood said.<\/p>\n
The entire incident took place over 10 to 15 minutes, he said.<\/p>\n
“This is the new normal, if you look across the country,” Youngblood said, describing the incident as a mass shooting.<\/p>\n
“Six people lost their lives in a very short period of time.”<\/p>\n
Authorities were working to determine “why this started and why so many players were involved and the connection because obviously these are not random shootings,” Youngblood said.<\/p>\n
Youngblood did not disclose the identities of the victims.<\/p>\n
The woman whose vehicle was taken, and her child, were unharmed, he said.<\/p>\n
Police recovered a pistol at the scene. Authorities were interviewing about 30 witnesses, Youngblood said.<\/p>\n
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