CA Homeless Man Glenn Litton ID’d As Shooter 2 Kindergartners Gravely Injured At Oroville School

BUTTE COUNTY, CA. (THECOUNT) — California homeless man, Glenn Litton, has been identified as the deceased shooter who gravely injured two kindergartners Wednesday. Litton had a long criminal history and significant mental health issues, authorities said Thursday.

Roman Mendez, 6, and Elias Wolford, 5, were identified by Butte County Sheriff Kory Honea as the two children injured in the Wednesday shooting at the Feather River Adventist School in Oroville, which has an enrollment of 35 students.

Litton, 56, died from a self-inflicted gunshot wound. Litton used the alias Michael Sanders to set up an appointment with the school principal to inquire about enrolling his grandson just before the shooting, investigators said.

Authorities believe the appointment was a ruse so Litton could gain access to the school’s campus. After the meeting, Litton fired a handgun several times before fatally shooting himself, Honea said.

Mendez was shot twice, and Wolford sustained a gunshot wound in the abdomen and will likely need several surgeries, the sheriff said.

“They have a long road ahead of them,” Honea said.

“Shortly after concluding that meeting, the principal heard shots being fired, heard screams, and that’s when they determined or found that the two students had been shot,” Honea said.

Litton had no connection with the school but attended a school in nearby Paradise run by the same church when he was a child.

After the shooting, investigators found disturbing writings believed to be from Litton that provided insight into a possible motive.

Honea described Litton as homeless and said he had mental health issues going back to age 16. He went on to express that he believes the writings resulted from these issues, saying he “pulled information from various sources, and it all came together in his mind to create a reality that is false.”

Litton had a lengthy criminal history consisting of identity theft, fraud, and forgery. He served time in California State Prison in the 1990s and early 2000s for theft-related crimes. In 2015, he was sentenced to two years in prison for aggravated identity theft in Sacramento.

Litton’s first prison sentence was in 1991 for theft. Since then, he has had convictions for various crimes consisting of theft, identity theft, and some drug charges, according to Butte County officials.

“His criminal behavior and prison stints continued over the following years, all the way up until Nov. 12 when he was arrested near San Francisco for stealing a moving truck and was booked into the San Mateo County jail,” officials said.

He pleaded not guilty and was released on November 21, after which he made his way to the Oroville area to carry out the shooting on December 4.

Feather River Adventist School made a statement on their website thanking the officers involved.

“We are grateful for the brave officers of the Butte County Sheriff’s Office and the California Highway Patrol who acted quickly to protect our students. We will continue to work closely with Sheriff Kory Honea and his team during this investigation,” the statement read.

Butte County Officials are asking that the family be given privacy at this time, explaining that they are focusing on the recovery of their children.

Butte Valley is an unincorporated community and census-designated place named for a former settlement in Butte County, California, United States. It is located 5.5 miles southeast of Chico. A post office operated at Butte Valley from 1861 to 1871, when it was relocated to Durham.

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