California shooting suspect charged with multiple murder counts

LOS ANGELES: The suspect accused of killing four people during a mass shooting in California earlier this week has been charged with multiple counts of murder and attempted murder, authorities said.

The suspect, 44-year-old Aminadab Gaxiola Gonzalez from the nearby city of Fullerton, has been charged with four felony counts of murder, one felony count of attempted murder, and two felony counts of attempted murder of a police officer, Xinhua news agency quoted the Orange County District Attorney's office as saying in a statement on Friday.

A nine-year-old boy, two adult women and one adult man were killed on Wednesday evening during the bloodshed in the city of Orange in Orange County.

Another woman was wounded and taken to a hospital where she remains in critical but stable condition.

The suspect remains hospitalised in critical but stable condition.

The identities of the four victims were released by the Orange Police Department on Friday. (IANS)

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