Lyons purchased the gun legally in April 2024 from a widow whose husband had previously owned it legally. Then, police say ...

‘Ghost gun’ receivers lack serial numbers ... Lyons then reportedly sold the gun to Jesse Kitagawa Jr., 45, of Phoenix on April 8, 2024. Investigators say Kitagawa Jr. is a convicted felon ...

Butte sheriff’s officials said Litton bought the ghost gun used in the school shooting from Jesse Kitagawa Jr., a convicted felon who is barred from purchasing or possessing any firearms.

JESSE KITAGAWA JR, AGE 45 ... school students in Butte County was a modified weapon — also known as a ghost gun — the shooter bought from a felon in Arizona, officials said Tuesday.

PHOENIX — A felon who sold a gun to a school shooter in Oroville ... the Butte County Sheriff's Office announced the arrest of 45-year-old Jesse Kitagawa Jr. of Phoenix. Officials say Kitagawa ...

Then, police say Lyons sold it to Jesse Kitagawa Jr., 45, on April 8, 2024, not knowing Kitagawa was a convicted felon. Kitagawa sold the Glock 19 ghost gun to the school shooting suspect ...