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Five dead after Sacramento man shoots his three daughters, 9, 10, and 13, fourth person in quadruple murder-suicide; David Fidel Mora-Rojas, 39, killed his daughters and himself during a supervised visit inside a church on Monday

&Tab;&Tab;<div class&equals;"wpcnt">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<div class&equals;"wpa">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<span class&equals;"wpa-about">Advertisements<&sol;span>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<div class&equals;"u top&lowbar;amp">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<amp-ad width&equals;"300" height&equals;"265"&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab; type&equals;"pubmine"&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab; data-siteid&equals;"109460728"&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab; data-section&equals;"1">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;<&sol;amp-ad>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<&sol;div>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<&sol;div>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;<&sol;div>&NewLine;<h2 class&equals;"has-text-color has-medium-font-size wp-block-heading" style&equals;"color&colon;&num;413435"><strong><strong>David Fidel Mora-Rojas<&sol;strong> shot dead his three daughters&comma; nine&comma; ten and 13&comma; killed a fourth person then turned the gun on himself during a supervised visit inside a Sacramento church<&sol;strong><&sol;h2>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<h2 class&equals;"has-text-color has-medium-font-size wp-block-heading" style&equals;"color&colon;&num;413435"><strong>Sisters Samantha Mora Gutierrez&comma; 10&comma; Samarah Mora Gutierrez&comma; 9&comma; and Samia Mora Gutierrez&comma; 13&comma; were identified as victims of Monday&&num;8217&semi;s shooting <&sol;strong><&sol;h2>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<h2 class&equals;"has-text-color has-medium-font-size wp-block-heading" style&equals;"color&colon;&num;413435"><strong>Fourth victim in the shooting&comma; identified as a 59-year-old <strong>Nathaniel Kong<&sol;strong>&comma; was chaperoning the visit&&num;8217&semi; <&sol;strong><&sol;h2>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<h2 class&equals;"has-text-color has-medium-font-size wp-block-heading" style&equals;"color&colon;&num;413435"><strong><strong>The girls&&num;8217&semi; father&comma; David Fidel Mora-Rojas&comma; 39&comma; committed suicide after shooting his daughter and Kong&comma; their chaperone at The Church in Sacramento<&sol;strong>&&num;8216&semi;<&sol;strong><&sol;h2>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<h2 class&equals;"has-text-color has-medium-font-size wp-block-heading" style&equals;"color&colon;&num;413435"><strong>After shooting dead the four victims&comma; David then killed himself in the church with the same weapon&nbsp&semi;&nbsp&semi;<&sol;strong><&sol;h2>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<h2 class&equals;"has-text-color has-medium-font-size wp-block-heading" style&equals;"color&colon;&num;413435"><strong>Authorities said it was a case of domestic violence<&sol;strong><&sol;h2>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<h2 class&equals;"has-text-color has-medium-font-size wp-block-heading" style&equals;"color&colon;&num;413435"><strong>The children&&num;8217&semi;s mother was estranged from her husband Mora-Rojas&comma; and had a restraining order against him<&sol;strong><&sol;h2>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<figure class&equals;"wp-block-image size-full"><img src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;konniemoments&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2022&sol;03&sol;David-Fidel-Mora-Rojas-2&period;jpg" alt&equals;"" class&equals;"wp-image-401164"&sol;><figcaption><strong> David Fidel Mora-Rojas&comma; &lbrack;photo&rsqb;&comma; 39&comma; shot dead his three daughters aged nine&comma; ten and 13&comma; as well as a male chaperone&comma; 59&comma; for the supervised visit inside a Sacramento church on Monday&comma; before killing himself <&sol;strong><&sol;figcaption><&sol;figure>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p>Three young sisters in California aged nine&comma; ten and 13 were shot and killed by their drug addict father at the California church where he was living&period; Before he turned the gun on himself he also gunned down a fourth victim in a Sacramento church&period;<br>David Fidel Mora-Rojas&comma; 39&comma; was on a supervised visit with his three children at the church on Monday afternoon when he lost his mind and killed his children and committed suicide&period; <br>The Sacramento County Coroner&&num;8217&semi;s Office on Tuesday identified David Mora-Rojas&&num;8217&semi; victims as Samarah Mora Gutierrez&comma; 9&comma; Samantha Mora Gutierrez&comma; 10&comma; and 13-year-old Samia Mora Gutierrez&period; <br>The horrific attack started at around 5&period;10pm on Monday when officers were called to the &&num;8216&semi;The Church in Sacramento&&num;8217&semi; in the Arden Mall area of the city&period; <br>Mora-Rojas also shot and killed Nathaniel Kong&comma; 59&comma; who was an executive at The Church in Sacramento&period; Kong was chaperoning the three sisters to the visit because the girls&&num;8217&semi; mom &&num;8211&semi; Mora-Rojas&&num;8217&semi; ex-girlfriend &&num;8211&semi; had obtained a restraining order against him<&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<figure class&equals;"wp-block-image size-full is-resized"><img src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;konniemoments&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2022&sol;03&sol;Samarah-Mora-Gutierrez-9-right-Samantha-Mora-Gutierrez-10-and-Samia-Mora-Gutierrez-13-left-2&period;jpg" alt&equals;"" class&equals;"wp-image-401376" width&equals;"837" height&equals;"1092"&sol;><figcaption><strong>Sisters Samia Mora Gutierrez&comma; 13 &lbrack;left&rsqb;&comma; Samantha Mora Gutierrez&comma; 10&comma; and Samarah Mora Gutierrez&comma; 9&comma; &lbrack;right&rsqb; were shot dead by their <strong> father&comma; David Fidel Mora-Rojas&comma; who then committed suicide after shooting their chaperone Nathaniel Kong at The Church in Sacramento<&sol;strong>&&num;8216&semi;<&sol;strong><&sol;figcaption><&sol;figure>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<figure class&equals;"wp-block-image size-full is-resized"><img src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;konniemoments&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2022&sol;03&sol;David-Fidel-Mora-Rojas-shot-and-killed-his-three-daughters-and-a-fourth-victim&period;jpg" alt&equals;"" class&equals;"wp-image-401137" width&equals;"845" height&equals;"505"&sol;><figcaption><strong>A huge police presence built up outside the church after Mora-Rojas shot dead his three daughters and aman during a supervised visit in a Sacramento church on Monday&comma; before committing suicide <&sol;strong><&sol;figcaption><&sol;figure>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<figure class&equals;"wp-block-video wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-videopress"><div class&equals;"wp-block-embed&lowbar;&lowbar;wrapper">&NewLine;<iframe title&equals;"VideoPress Video Player" aria-label&equals;'VideoPress Video Player' width&equals;'620' height&equals;'348' src&equals;'https&colon;&sol;&sol;videopress&period;com&sol;embed&sol;cbzZcMCX&quest;cover&equals;1&amp&semi;preloadContent&equals;metadata&amp&semi;useAverageColor&equals;1&amp&semi;hd&equals;0' frameborder&equals;'0' allowfullscreen data-resize-to-parent&equals;"true" allow&equals;'clipboard-write'><&sol;iframe><script src&equals;'https&colon;&sol;&sol;v0&period;wordpress&period;com&sol;js&sol;next&sol;videopress-iframe&period;js&quest;m&equals;1674852142'><&sol;script>&NewLine;<&sol;div><figcaption><strong>David Fidel Mora-Rojas&comma; shoots his daughters&comma; an unrelated man&comma; then himself in murder-suicide inside a Sacramento church<&sol;strong><&sol;figcaption><&sol;figure>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p>The shooting happened in the main room of the small church&period; <br> Multiple people were killed in a shooting on Monday at a church in the Arden-Arcade area of California&&num;8217&semi;s capital of Sacramento&comma; early on Monday evening CBS13 television reported&comma; citing the Sacramento Metro Fire department&period; <br>A father killed four&comma; shooting three of his children and a middle aged man during a supervised visit&comma; before killing himself at the church in Sacramento&period; Police sources said the fourth victim in the shooting&comma; identified as a 59-year-old Nathaniel Kong&comma; was chaperoning the visit&period;<br>Emergency services were alerted after an employee at the church who was upstairs heard gunshots and called 911&period;<br>On Tuesday&comma; the Natomas Unified School District announced that they had learned the three children attended Bannon Creek and Leroy Greene Academy&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<figure class&equals;"wp-block-image size-full is-resized"><img src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;konniemoments&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2022&sol;03&sol;Samarah-Mora-Gutierrez-9-left-Samantha-Mora-Gutierrez-10-and-Samia-Mora-Gutierrez-13-right-1&period;jpg" alt&equals;"" class&equals;"wp-image-401378" width&equals;"839" height&equals;"501"&sol;><figcaption><strong>The young sisters parents were estranged&period; Samarah Mora Gutierrez&comma; 9&comma; &lbrack;left&rsqb;&comma; Samantha Mora Gutierrez&comma; 10&comma; and Samia Mora Gutierrez&comma; 13&comma; &lbrack;right&rsqb; were killed by their father on Monday during a supervised visit inside a church<&sol;strong><&sol;figcaption><&sol;figure>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<figure class&equals;"wp-block-image size-full is-resized"><img src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;konniemoments&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2022&sol;03&sol;locals-weep-after-David-Fidel-Mora-Rojas-shot-and-killed-his-three-daughters-and-a-fourth-victim&period;jpg" alt&equals;"" class&equals;"wp-image-401141" width&equals;"837" height&equals;"551"&sol;><figcaption><strong>Residents watch police activity following a shooting at a church in Sacramento&comma; California where a father killed four&comma; shooting three of his children before killing himself at the church in Sacramento<&sol;strong><&sol;figcaption><&sol;figure>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<figure class&equals;"wp-block-image size-full is-resized"><img src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;konniemoments&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2022&sol;03&sol;Cops-secure-crime-scene-after-David-Fidel-Mora-Rojas-shot-and-killed-his-three-daughters-and-a-fourth-victim&period;jpg" alt&equals;"" class&equals;"wp-image-401145" width&equals;"824" height&equals;"516"&sol;><figcaption><strong>Sheriff&&num;8217&semi;s deputies stand by police tape that blocks the street leading to a church where a shooting occurred with multiple victims&comma; in Sacramento on Monday<&sol;strong><&sol;figcaption><&sol;figure>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p>Sgt&period; Rod Grassman from the city&&num;8217&semi;s sheriff&&num;8217&semi;s office said he did not know if the family members belonged to the the church&comma; which sits on a mostly residential block near a commercial area east of downtown Sacramento&comma; <a rel&equals;"noreferrer noopener" href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;sacramento&period;cbslocal&period;com&sol;" target&equals;"&lowbar;blank">CBS13 <&sol;a>reported&period;<br>The church is known to hold Bible study classes for children and teens&comma; although none were scheduled for Monday&period; <br>So far&comma; a possible motive for the shooting had not been released but the sheriff&&num;8217&semi;s office said it was a case of domestic violence&period; <br>Officials said Mora-Rojas was under a restraining order from his longtime girlfriend Illeana Gutierrez Rios&comma; and not supposed to have a gun&comma; which he used to shoot his three daughters&comma; their chaperone and himself at 5pm on Monday&period;  <&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<figure class&equals;"wp-block-image size-full is-resized"><img src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;konniemoments&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2022&sol;03&sol;church-near-Sacramento-where-David-Fidel-Mora-Rojas-shot-and-killed-his-three-daughters-and-a-fourth-victim-2&period;jpg" alt&equals;"" class&equals;"wp-image-401158" width&equals;"838" height&equals;"483"&sol;><figcaption><strong>The church is known to hold Bible study classes for children and teens&comma; although none were scheduled for Monday&period;&nbsp&semi;<&sol;strong><&sol;figcaption><&sol;figure>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p>It was also revealed Tuesday that five days before killing his daughters and then turning the gun on himself&comma; the shooter&comma; David Fidel Mora Rojas&comma; had been arrested in Merced County on suspicion of assaulting an officer and drunk driving&comma; among other charges&period; <br>Sacramento County court records show that his ex&comma; Illeana Gutierrez Rios&comma; filed for a domestic violence restraining order in May against Mora&comma; her then-boyfriend&period; <br>The court granted the order for five years and allowed a mutual friend and member of the church to serve as chaperone for Mora’s supervised visits with the couple’s three children due to his &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;mental instability&comma;” according to court records&period; <br>The mutual friend and supervisor was identified Tuesday as the slain church executive Nathaniel Kong&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<figure class&equals;"wp-block-image size-full is-resized"><img src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;konniemoments&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2022&sol;03&sol;Cops-secure-crime-scene-after-David-Fidel-Mora-Rojas-shot-and-killed-his-three-daughters-and-a-fourth-victim-2&period;jpg" alt&equals;"" class&equals;"wp-image-401151" width&equals;"844" height&equals;"524"&sol;><figcaption><strong>Law enforcement block access to the crime at a church located near Wyda Way and Ethan Way on the outskirts of the California state capital in the Arden Mall area of the city of Sacramento on Monday<&sol;strong><&sol;figcaption><&sol;figure>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p>Gutierrez Rios warned the court that Mora-Rojas was dangerous&comma; and she had fought for a restraining order for the girls as well&comma; but the court ultimately granted him supervised visitations on weekends&period; <br>&OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;I have moved out of the house with the children because I am afraid of &lbrack;Mora&rsqb; and concerned &lbrack;for&rsqb; my safety and the safety of my children&comma;” she said in court documents&period; <br>&&num;8216&semi;Mora-Rojas had been abusive for a decade and had choked her&comma; pushed her&comma; thrown things at her and threatened to kill her&comma;&&num;8217&semi; Gutierrez Rios said in court documents&comma; adding that Mora said &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;he has not killed me because he would not know where to go with the children”&period; <br>After one argument in April she had called authorities when he became aggressive and threatened suicide&period; <br>Their daughters had witnessed the argument&comma; Gutierrez Rios told the court&colon; &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;They were scared and crying&comma;” she said&period;<br><br><&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p><br><&sol;p>&NewLine;

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