BREAKING NEWS - SHOOTING AT CALIFORNIA SCHOOL

Just come on CNN News, a multiple shooting incident at a school in East Oakland, California. Police are searching for a suspect. LL

Gunman opens fire at East Oakland college

Henry K. Lee, Carolyn Jones, Demian Bulwa, Justin Berton

Monday, April 2, 2012

Demian Bulwa / The Chronicle

(04-02) 11:54 PDT Oakland --

Several people were shot and apparently some were killed when a gunman opened fire inside a classroom at an East Oakland private university, authorities said.

The shooting happened at Oikos University at 7850 Edgewater Road about 10:40 a.m. Four bodies outside the school were covered by tarps, and rescue workers removed at least four bodies on stretchers.

Highland Hospital reported that it was treating four victims from the shooting. Students continued evacuating the building more than an hour after the shooting.

Police, including members of the SWAT team, took positions around the building and officers smashed in glass doors with sledgehammers and rushed into the building. It was unknown if the shooter was inside the building or had fled the scene.

But police warned the public to stay away from the area and described the gunman as an Asian man in his 40s, with a heavy build and wearing khaki clothing.

Angie Johnson, 52, of San Leandro, said she was doing errands in the industrial complex when she saw a young woman leaving the building with blood coming from her arm and crying, "I've been shot, I've been shot."

Johnson said while she waited for medical attention the woman told her the shooter was a man in her nursing class who rose up and shot one person at point blank range in the chest before he started spraying the room with bullets.

"She said he looked crazy all the time," Johnson said the victim told her, "But they never knew how far he would go."

Johnson said the victim "had a hole in her right arm the size of a silver dollar with blood coming down."

According to its website, Oikos offers classes pertaining to religious studies, music and vocational nursing, with an emphasis for students of Korean descent.

Check back at sfgate.com for updates.



Read more: http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2012/04/02/BABJ1NTM3Q.DTL#ixzz1quaD11D2

Oh no, not another one

bb1 wrote:Oh no, not another one

Yes, see my post above, have added the actual report. LL

God Almighty, LL, that is awful.

bb1 wrote:God Almighty, LL, that is awful.

Someone on CNN has just said that it is a religious school; the shooter is still at large; they have secured the area and are now evacuating the injured etc. No details as to whether anyone dead. Whole situation is very fluid. LL

http://www.wpri.com/dpps/news/us_news/west/5-hurt-in-oakland-religious-school-shooting-nt12-jpe_4124891

Still waiting on the death count.

Latest: alleged gunman now in custody. Also sources say at least 5 dead, many injured. LL

Report: 5 dead in CA school shooting

Police: 1 person detained

Updated: Monday, 02 Apr 2012, 3:52 PM EDT
Published : Monday, 02 Apr 2012, 2:40 PM EDT
TERRY COLLINS,Associated Press



OAKLAND, Calif. (AP) — A suspect was detained Monday in a shooting attack at an Oakland Christian university that sources said has left at least five people dead.

Law enforcement sources close to the investigation told The Associated Press that at least five people have died after the morning shooting at Oikos University.

Meanwhile, police said a suspect was detained in the attack. Officer Johnna Watson did not give any other details about the arrest.

"I can confirm that we do have one person who has been detained that we believe is possibly responsible for this shooting," Watson said.

Four victims arrived at Highland Hospital for treatment, said spokeswoman Jerri Randrup.

Earlier, television news footage showed officers surrounding the building in search of the suspect. The footage also showed wounded people being carried out of the building, and more gurneys were being brought in.

"One of the people who was inside the building, she was saying there is a crazy guy inside," witness Brian Snow told KGO-TV. "She did say someone got shot in the chest right next to her before she got taken off in an ambulance."

According of its website, Oikos University offers studies in theology, music, nursing and Asian medicine.
http://www.wpri.com/dpps/news/us_news/west/5-hurt-in-oakland-religious-school-shooting-nt12-jpe_4124891

There's a feed here:

http://news.sky.com/home/world-news/article/16201382

quote:

Oakland Tribune: Pastor Jong Kim, who founded the school about 10 years ago, said the shooter had previously been a nursing student at Oikos but was no longer enrolled.

Pastor Kim said he was unsure whether the shooter had been expelled or dropped out voluntarily.

This morning, 7 dead, 3 injured. LL

http://news.sky.com/home/world-news/article/16201528

So, this whackjob was taken alive.

bb1 wrote:http://news.sky.com/home/world-news/article/16201528

So, this whackjob was taken alive.

Indeed he was.

This is so terrible.....G*d bless them and their families.