Four dead, 2 Injured in attack at Native American tribal office in California

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Sherie Lash AKA Sherie Rhoades

Cedarville Rancheria tribal office crime scene

ALTURAS, Calif. - Alturas Police Chief Ken Barnes identified the woman accused of killing four people and injuring two more in a mass shooting in Alturas as 44-year-old Sherie Lash also known as Sherie Rhoades from Cedarville, California.

According to police Lash was attending a tribal eviction meeting at the Cedarville Rancheria tribal office Thursday around 3:30 p.m. when she opened fire, shooting and killing four people. During the shooting a victim ran for the door and was shot leaving them seriously wounded.

When Lash ran out of ammunition she grabbed a butcher knife from the kitchen and attacked another person, stabbing them.

A witness was able to escape the office and run, covered in victims blood, to the Alturas police station where they sounded the alarm.

Police say when they arrived Lash was outside the building, running with a knife in her hands but was quickly subdued.

Police went on to say one of the male victims was the current tribal leader and that the deceased's bodies were still inside the building.

The deceased victims have been identified as a 19-year-old woman, a 45-year-old woman, a 30-year-old man and a 50-year-old man.

Lash, who was a former tribal leader, was at the hearing facing eviction of her and her son from from the Rancheria.

The two surviving victims were flown to a hospital outside the area where they are in critical condition.

Lash has been booked into the Modoc County jail and authorities have said this is an isolated incident.

Source : https://news.yahoo.com/four-dead-attack-native-american-tribal-office-california-033736613.html

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The current tribal leader attempted to evict the former tibal leader. Politics...