Father Shoots Self After Killing Three Minor Children In California Church

Police said they were not looking for anyone else involved in the shooting.

A father shot dead three of his own children Monday before turning the gun on himself in a US church, police said.A fifth person also died in the shooting in Sacramento, California, though it was not clear if that person was related to what police said was a domestic incident.

All three children who died were under the age of 15, Sergeant Rod Grassmann of Sacramento County Sheriff's Office told reporters.

"At 5:07 this afternoon, we received a call that there was a shooting inside the church," Grassmann said.

"We have found now there's an adult male, a father who has shot and killed his three children under the age of 15," he added.