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Police: Calif. gunman knew victims, locked gates before shooting

LOS ANGELES — The gunman who killed four people, including a 9-year-old boy, at an Orange office park locked the gates to the complex with bike cable locks and was armed with a weapon as well as pepper spray and handcuffs, police said Thursday.

Authorities said the shooting occurred inside a counseling business and that the gunman and those victims were connected through business and person ties and that the Wednesday attack was not random.

Because the gates were locked, police officers responding to the scene fired through them and

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