The Love of Many Shall Wax Cold

And because iniquity shall abound, the love of many shall wax cold. Matthew 24:12.

Six die in shooting spree.

Two North County women were among five people killed at a large U.S. Postal Service center in Goleta during a shooting rampage by a mentally troubled former employee who then took her own life, officials said Tuesday.

Another woman who was shot in the head was reported in critical condition at Santa Barbara Cottage Hospital.

Jennifer Sanmarco, 44, of Grants, N.M., who had been placed on disability leave after a previous incident at the distribution center, gained access to the facility Monday night by following another vehicle through a security gate, according to Santa Barbara County sheriff's investigators.

Investigators didn't know the woman's motive or whether she had specific targets or just opened fired on the first people she saw, said Sheriff Jim Anderson.

“That's something we're still investigating,” Anderson said.

Sanmarco reloaded her 9 mm handgun at least once during the onslaught, he added.