Two shot dead in US restaurant

Authorities have identified the two people killed when a man walked into a Southern California fast food restaurant with two handguns and opened fire on his stepdaughter's family.

Alex Trujillo, 33, and his son Adrian, 6, were killed when Jimmy Schlager entered a Del Taco in San Bernardino and opened fire on Saturday afternoon, the San Bernardino County Sheriff-Coroner Department said in a statement.

Trujillo's wife, 29, and the couple's other child, a 5-year-old boy, were also injured in the shooting. They were being treated at Loma Linda University Medical Center, where a spokesman said he couldn't immediately confirm their condition.

The 56-year-old Schlager shot himself at the restaurant and died at an area hospital.

Authorities have said Alex Trujillo's wife was Schlager's stepdaughter. Investigators have been looking into their relationship to determine a motive for the shooting.

The woman's mother was married to Schlager and died several years ago.

Schlager, who is from Lancaster in northern Los Angeles County, had an extensive criminal record dating back to 1972 that included assault with a deadly weapon and a restraining order taken out by a co-worker.

Police said between five and seven employees and several other customers were in restaurant, but the gunman singled out the four victims in the shooting, leaving bullet holes and broken glass inside.

Officials said the attack on the family was one of the worst recent crime scenes in San Bernardino, a city of about 200,000 people about 60 miles east of Los Angeles.

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