AKIPRESS.COM - A gunman carrying a semi-automatic weapon and two handguns opened fire at multiple locations across a small Northern California community on Tuesday, killing four people before he was slain by police, Reuters reported.

At least 10 other people were wounded, including two children at an elementary school near the small town of Corning, about 160 km north of Sacramento, where the suspect was slain, according to police and local media.

Shots were fired at Rancho Tehama Elementary school where some people were injured there but no students or staff members died, Corning Union Elementary School District administrative assistant Jeanine Quist said.

Tehama County Assistant Sheriff Phil Johnston said at a news conference that the shooter, who he did not name, had been armed with a semi-automatic rifle and two handguns.

Johnston did not give a motive for the shooting rampage.