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Chico library shooting
Charged · allegations
last updated 8 August 2026 · 5 sources
Confirmed facts
17
Open questions
4
Killed
2
Injured
1
Charged
1
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Timeline of what's confirmed17 entries
22 June 2026, 5:12 p.m.
Chico police dispatchers received reports of an active shooter at the Butte County Library branch at Sherman and East 1st avenues, and an open 911 line let dispatchers hear screaming and gunshots.
CBS Sacramento
22 June 2026, 5:16 p.m.
Chico Police Chief Billy Aldridge said the suspect was in custody by 5:16 p.m., less than four minutes after the first 911 call.
CBS Sacramento
22 June 2026
Two adult patrons were killed in the shooting at the Butte County Library in Chico.
CBS Sacramento
22 June 2026
A female juvenile who was with Jacob Hull was injured, likely by broken glass, and police said she had non-life-threatening injuries and was released from the hospital.
CBS Sacramento
22 June 2026
Officials said all three victims were library patrons, not library employees.
CBS Sacramento
22 June 2026
CBS Sacramento reported that no employees, law enforcement officials or officers were injured.
CBS Sacramento
22 June 2026
Chico police identified the arrested suspect as Bradley Scott Sayer, 18, of Chico, and said he was booked into Butte County Jail on suspicion of two counts of murder; the allegation was not a conviction.
CBS Sacramento
22 June 2026
Police said officers took Sayer into custody after he attempted to run out the back of the library as law enforcement surrounded the building.
CBS Sacramento
22 June 2026
Officials said one gun was recovered at the library, two others were recovered from Sayer's vehicle, and at least eight shots were fired inside the building.
CBS Sacramento
22 June 2026
Police said no officers fired their weapons and there was no use of force by officers while taking Sayer into custody.
CBS Sacramento
23 June 2026
Authorities identified the two people killed as Robert Johnson, 74, of Orland, California, and Jacob Hull, 46, of Chico.
The Guardian
23 June 2026
Sid Patel, a field agent in the FBI's Sacramento office, said the suspect was looking for a confined, populated location to attack when he approached the Chico library branch.
The Guardian
23 June 2026
Investigators said there was no known connection between Sayer and anyone inside the library at the time of the shooting.
CBS Sacramento
25 June 2026
Chico police said autopsy results confirmed Robert Johnson and Jacob Hull died from gunshot wounds consistent with a shotgun being used.
CBS Sacramento
25 June 2026
CBS Sacramento reported that Bradley Scott Sayer was arraigned in Butte County Superior Court and charged with two counts of murder, two firearm-discharge enhancements with injury, and two multiple-murder special-circumstance enhancements; the charges are unproven allegations.
CBS Sacramento
25 June 2026
CBS Sacramento reported that Sayer did not enter a plea and that the court granted a no-bail request, leaving him in custody at that time.
CBS Sacramento
16 July 2026
A further arraignment was scheduled for Sayer in Butte County Superior Court.
CBS Sacramento
Open questionsunconfirmed · not conclusions
What occurred at the scheduled 16 July 2026 further arraignment?unconfirmed in trusted results returned by search · unconfirmed
Has Bradley Scott Sayer entered a plea since the 25 June 2026 arraignment?unconfirmed in trusted results returned by search · unconfirmed
Have prosecutors filed any additional charges or amended the charges?unconfirmed in trusted results returned by search · unconfirmed
How did the suspect obtain the firearms recovered by police?authorities were still tracing or investigating firearms in trusted reporting · unconfirmed
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