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                                                                                                 U.S. NEWS Wednesday 12 april 2017
             Police:

                San Bernardino school shooter threatened his wife



                                                                      Police  do  not  know  what  but  also  hitting  two  of  her
                                                                      triggered the attack or why  students before turning the
                                                                      Anderson  chose  to  attack  gun on himself. Eight-year-
                                                                      Smith  at  the  school,  Bur-  old  Jonathan  Martinez,
                                                                      guan said, adding she nev-   who suffered from a genet-
                                                                      er  shared  any  information  ic  condition  known  as  Wil-
                                                                      about her marital problems  liams  Syndrome  and  had
                                                                      with colleagues.             survived heart surgery, was
                                                                      On Monday morning, hun-      killed. A 9-year-old boy was
                                                                      dreds of panicked parents  also shot and was in stable
                                                                      descended  on  the  North  condition  Tuesday,  police
                                                                      Park School in San Bernardi-  said.
                                                                      no, waiting for hours for in-  Anderson  and  Smith  had
                                                                      formation on their children  married in late January but
                                                                      in a city that is still on edge  separated  in  mid-March
                                                                      16 months after a terror at-  after  Anderson  accused
                                                                      tack  that  killed  14  people  her  of  infidelity,  prompting
                                                                      and wounded 22 others at  Smith  to  move  out,  Bur-
                                                                      a  meeting  of  county  em-  guan said.
                                                                      ployees.                     Just  weeks  before  the
                                                                      Anderson,  53,  walked  into  shooting,  Anderson  had
                                                                      the      special-education  professed his love to Smith
             This  undated  photo  released  by  the  San  Bernardino  Police   classroom  Monday  and  in  a  series  of  social  media
             Department  shows  Cedric  Anderson,  53.  Anderson  has  been
             identified by authorities as the person who shot to death Karen   fired off 10 shots with a .357  posts,  including  one  that
             Elaine Smith, 53, identified as his wife, as she taught a special   Magnum, targeting his wife  called her an “angel.”q
             education class at North Park Elementary School in San Ber-
             nardino, Calif., Monday, April 10, 2017.
                              (San Bernardino Police Department via AP)
             AMANDA LEE MYERS            needs children she taught,
             MICHAEL BALSAMO             police said Tuesday.
             Associated Press            In  the  weeks  before  Mon-
             SAN   BERNARDINO,     Ca-   day’s violence Karen Smith
             lif.  (AP)  —  The  man  who  told  family  members  her
             opened  fire  in  a  San  Ber-  new  husband,  Cedric  An-
             nardino school was a pas-   derson, had tried to get her
             tor and Navy veteran who  to return home and threat-
             accused    his   newlywed  ened  her,  San  Bernardino
             wife  of  infidelity.  When  he  Police  Chief  Jarrod  Bur-
             failed  in  his  efforts  to  win  guan said. She didn’t take
             her  back,  he  went  to  her  him  seriously  and  thought
             classroom  and  fatally  shot  he  was  just  seeking  atten-
             her and one of the special  tion, he said.

             California officer seen on video

             punching jaywalker in the face

            SACRAMENTO,  Calif.  (AP)  The incident unfolded after
            —  A  California  police  of-  the  officer  from  his  police
            ficer seen on video hurling  cruiser told the man to stop
            a  jaywalker  to  the  ground  after he was seen jaywalk-
            and  repeatedly  punching  ing,  but  the  pedestrian  ig-
            him  in  the  face  has  been  nored  the  officer,  the  po-
            put on administrative leave  lice department said.
            while  authorities  investi-  The officer then got out of
            gate, officials said Tuesday.  the car and tried to detain
            The officer and the jaywalk-  the  man,  but  he  walked
            er  were  not  identified,  but  away,  the  police  state-
            Sacramento  police  said  in  ment said.
            a  statement  that  the  of-  The  two  argued  and  the
            ficer’s  conduct  appeared  man took off his jacket and
            unacceptable  and  Sacra-    challenged  the  officer  to
            mento Mayor Darrell Stein-   fight, police said.
            berg criticized the officer.  The  officer  then  charged
            “I find the actions of this of-  the  man  to  detain  him,
            ficer  extremely  disturbing  and police said “for an un-
            and they are not represen-   known  reason,  the  officer
            tative  of  the  training  nor  threw the pedestrian to the
            the expectations we have  ground  and  began  strik-
            for our Police Department,”  ing him in the face with his
            Steinberg said.              hand multiple times.”
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