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Lone_Star_Dem

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15. The Oakland Tribune is reporting 4 dead as many as 30 shots fired.
Mon Apr 2, 2012, 03:49 PM
Apr 2012
At least four dead in shooting at Christian university in East Oakland

OAKLAND -- Several people have been hurt -- and possibly four killed -- in a shooting this morning at a Christian university in East Oakland, authorities said.

Police would not confirm the total number of fatalites from the shooting at Oikos University on Edgewater Drive, but said that a suspect was in custody and had been arrested in Alameda.

People were being evacuated by armored vehicles from the building at 7850 Edgewater Drive, some taken away by ambulance. More are being triaged outside the building and Oakland's Highland Hospital reports that some victims are being treated there.

The shooting happened about 10:23 a.m. in a classroom at Oikos University, when the suspect came in and fired multiple shots.

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Pastor Jong Kim, who founded the school about 10 years ago, said he did not see the shooting but heard about 30 gunshots.

http://www.insidebayarea.com/top-stories/ci_20308254/police-respond-shooting-east-oakland


Gunman has been caught 2 dead 6 injured according to the San Francisco Chronicle.

2 dead, 6 injured, gunman caught in college shooting

A gunman opened fire inside a private university in Oakland, killing at least two people and injuring six, authorities said.

The shooting happened at Oikos University, a Christian school, at 7850 Edgewater Road about 10:33 a.m., said Oakland police spokeswoman Johnna Watson. Watson said authorities detained a suspect, but not would disclose if the suspect was a student.

Outside the building, tarps covered what appeared to be four bodies, and rescue workers removed at least four more victims on gurneys.

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

Read more: http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2012/04/02/BABJ1NTM3Q.DTL#ixzz1quklHNkd



Is this the East Bay shooting? Hell Hath No Fury Apr 2012 #1
That's awful! get the red out Apr 2012 #2
What we need to do is to rally behind these students. RedCloud Apr 2012 #3
our friendly gun owners strike again nt msongs Apr 2012 #4
unhinged marshall gaines Apr 2012 #5
&People are getting rich selling guns to those "sick people" Kolesar Apr 2012 #9
They need to close the "gun shows" and "gun markets" cosmicone Apr 2012 #24
Releasing mental health records would be much more effective. nt Snake Alchemist Apr 2012 #42
How do they know they are "sick" people? nt Snake Alchemist Apr 2012 #44
Marshall knows Kolesar Apr 2012 #50
So the solution is to have those records available for review? nt Snake Alchemist Apr 2012 #52
I don't know what you are talking about Kolesar Apr 2012 #53
I'll simplify. If sick people are getting guns, then there needs to be someway of identifying sick Snake Alchemist Apr 2012 #54
the nation is awash in guns and in people advocating gun toting Hollywood Cowboyism. Warren Stupidity Apr 2012 #16
Yet gun violence rates are at a 50 year low hack89 Apr 2012 #21
a frightening increase over the last fifty years tiny elvis Apr 2012 #29
Compared to the rest of the civilized world? tabasco Apr 2012 #30
But we are getting there - a steady 20 year decline hack89 Apr 2012 #32
LOL Skittles Apr 2012 #33
What is that suppose to mean? nt hack89 Apr 2012 #35
I work at night and think guns are for people who afraid of the dark nolabels Apr 2012 #37
Violent crime is not the same as gun crime. OrwellwasRight Apr 2012 #41
10,225 firearm murders in 2005, 8,775 in 2010 hack89 Apr 2012 #45
Gun crime is also down. X_Digger Apr 2012 #46
12 percent drop in robbery with firearms from 2009 to 2010 hack89 Apr 2012 #47
Mass murders of schoolchildren are way up on that index...eom Kolesar Apr 2012 #51
Care to back that up with some facts? nt hack89 Apr 2012 #55
People with guns shoot people. baldguy Apr 2012 #23
What is your solution? hack89 Apr 2012 #28
shoot the people who shoot people until people stop shooting people Tunkamerica Apr 2012 #34
Prayers for that community BB_Troll Apr 2012 #6
oy, horrifying. nt xchrom Apr 2012 #7
Which University? Earth_First Apr 2012 #8
Oikos University BB_Troll Apr 2012 #10
an East Oakland private university per #1 eom Kolesar Apr 2012 #11
Reports are it is a religious school & someone has already been detained avaistheone1 Apr 2012 #12
More detailed description FarCenter Apr 2012 #17
Oakland, California, police say a suspect is in custody Ian David Apr 2012 #13
Federal agents are swarming over the campus KamaAina Apr 2012 #14
We haz R Priorities. Warren Stupidity Apr 2012 #18
The Oakland Tribune is reporting 4 dead as many as 30 shots fired. Lone_Star_Dem Apr 2012 #15
It's up to 6 now LiberalEsto Apr 2012 #19
Add another - 7 dead now Tripper11 Apr 2012 #20
This message was self-deleted by its author Tesha Apr 2012 #22
Sick .... cosmicone Apr 2012 #25
Cut that number in half hack89 Apr 2012 #36
This message was self-deleted by its author Tesha Apr 2012 #38
There is no correlation between gun ownership rates and total suicide rates. hack89 Apr 2012 #39
Record for gunning people down yet Oakland?!! CountAllVotes Apr 2012 #26
I do wish they would stop calling these for profits Smilo Apr 2012 #27
Tragic. Tax cuts for the rich will fix it, though. And more guns in the hands of young men. nt valerief Apr 2012 #31
Cue the pro-gunners saying this is why we need more guns. OrwellwasRight Apr 2012 #40
Exactly what are the California gun laws? nt Remmah2 Apr 2012 #43
In need of being strengthened and instituted from coast to coast? nt onehandle Apr 2012 #49
No - we need real healthcare reform, especially mental health. nt hack89 Apr 2012 #48
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