US EditionFelon sold gun used in NorCal shooting that injured kindergartners, officials say
- A man named Glenn Litton, who had a criminal history and served time in prison, bought a gun from a felon in Arizona that was later used to shoot two kindergarten students in California.
- The gun was a modified weapon, also known as a ghost gun, and did not have a serial number. The sheriff's office traced the gun back to the original owner in Arizona and found that it was sold illegally to Litton by Jesse Kitagawa Jr., another convicted felon.
- Kitagawa sold the gun to Litton for $300 in April 2024, and the two men met at a motel in Chandler, Arizona to make the transaction. After the shooting, law enforcement traced the gun's parts to the original owner and arrested Kitagawa for being a felon in possession of a firearm.
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Arizona Felon Arrested for Selling Gun Used in California School Shooting
A convicted felon from Phoenix has been arrested for illegally selling a gun later used in a tragic school shooting in Oroville, California, authorities announced Tuesday. Jesse Kitagawa Jr., 45, was taken into custody on January 9, 2025, after a joint operation between the Butte County Sheriff’s Office (BCSO) and Phoenix Police Department. Investigators determined that Kitagawa sold the gun to… Source
Felon sold gun used in NorCal shooting that injured kindergartners, officials say
The gun used to critically injure two elementary school students in Butte County was a modified weapon — also known as a ghost gun — the shooter bought from a felon in Arizona, officials said Tuesday.
Arizona man arrested, accused of selling ghost gun to Feather River school shooter
A man suspected of illegally selling the gun used in the Dec. 4 Feather River Seventh-day Adventist School shooting was arrested in Arizona, according to a press release from Butte County Sheriff’s Office. The release said investigators believe a Glock 19 “ghost gun,” used by the shooter Glenn Litton, 56, of Chico, was allegedly sold illegally by Jesse Kitigawa Jr., 45, of Arizona. Kitagawa Litton, as a convicted felon, was not supposed to be in…
The Sacramento Bee
American Military NewsCalifornia school shooter used ghost gun bought illegally in Arizona, sheriff says
SACRAMENTO, Calif. — Investigators have learned that the gun used to shoot and seriously wound two kindergartners last month at a small faith-based school in Northern California was sold to the gunman by a convicted felon in Arizona. Glenn Litton, 56, shot two boys who were outside for recess at Feather River Adventist School in Oroville before fatally shooting himself, Butte County sheriff’s ...
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