A vehicle sits on the side of a road with a window shattered by bullets that an eyewitness says is connected to a shooting a few blocks away on the campus of Santa Monica College in Santa Monica, California, June 7, 2013. REUTERS/Jonathan Alcorn
SANTA MONICA, California (Reuters) - A gunman dressed in black killed at least six people in a string of shootings through the seaside California town of Santa Monica on Friday before he was shot dead by police in a community college library, law authorities said.
Santa Monica Police Chief Jacqueline Seabrooks said a second individual she described as a "person of interest" was taken into custody in connection with the violence, which unfolded a few miles from where President Barack Obama was attending a political fundraiser.
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