A picture of the suspect entering Santa Monica College Library is seen
as Jacqueline Seabrook, Chief of Santa Monica Police department speaks
during a news conference Saturday June 8, 2013, in Santa Monica, Calif.,
to discuss more information regarding the suspect in the shooting that
left five people dead, including the shooter, near Santa Monica College
on Friday. (AP Photo/Ringo H.W. Chiu)
SANTA MONICA, Calif., June 8 (Reuters) - The gunman who
killed four people in a shooting rampage in Santa Monica before he was slain by
police at a community college in the California seaside town was once a student
there and had a brush with the law several years ago as a teenager, police said
on Saturday.
Santa Monica Police Chief Jacqueline Seabrooks also revealed
that several students at the college survived Friday's shootings by hiding in
an interior room of the library and piling up heavy objects against the door as
the gunman fired through the walls at them.
