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Shooting at Chico library leaves 2 dead, child injured

Shooting at Chico library leaves 2 dead, child injured

Suspect has been taken into custody
This story was updated at 10:45 a.m. June 23. A shooting the evening of June 22 at the Butte County Library’s Chico branch left two adults dead and one juvenile injured, said Billy Aldridge, chief of Chico Police Department. A suspect, Bradley Scott Sayer, 18, has been taken into custody, according to a Chico PD press release on June 23 …

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ChicoSol has been recognized with a second place award in investigative reporting in the California News Publishers Association (CNPA) annual contest. The award came for reporting by Dave Waddell in this story, “Exclusive Interview: Groomed by a badge.”

Another second place award came for immigration reporting. That came for work by Leslie Layton on this story in particular, “North State man leaves grieving family in accepting deportation”.

Waddell earned an additional third place in investigative reporting for his work showing that Butte County police probes have stalled here. Fourth and fifth place awards were given ChicoSol for our work reporting on protests, Bidwell Mansion, homelessness and mental health diversion.

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