The suspect in a series of shootings that left at least six people dead in Santa Monica, Calif. on Friday was killed in a shootout with police, authorities said.
The number of victims has changed multiple times over the course of a quickly developing breaking news story with varying crime scenes. The most recent number is six victims and the suspect, for a total of seven dead.
In a Friday afternoon news conference, Santa Monica Police Chief Jacqueline Seabrooks said the shooter was killed on the campus of Santa Monica College after attempting to evade police responding to multiple shootings that began about a mile from the school.
At least two people were killed in a Yorkshire Avenue home that was burned, then the gunman fired on people in a series of "random encounters" that proceeded along Pico Boulevard toward the final shootout in Santa Monica College library, Seabrooks said.
"The officers came in and directly engaged the suspect, and he was shot and killed on the scene," Seabrooks said. "The information we have indicates, at this point, that as many as half a dozen victims were shot and killed, and several more were injured."
The gunman had not been identified Friday afternoon, but was described as a white male aged 25 to 30 and clad all in black and "what appears to be a ballistic vest," Seabrooks.
Another subject of interest was in custody, she added.
"We are not convinced 100 percent that the suspect who was killed operated in a solo -- or alone -- capacity," Seabrooks said.
Seabrooks said that two people were dead in a home in Yorkshire Avenue that was ablaze about a mile from campus. Another person died on Cloverfield Boulevard, and two were killed on 19th and Pearl streets.
Another woman later died in the hospital, Seabrooks said.
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