Gunman kills 7 at small California university
Oakland officials on Monday evening named the suspect arrested in the shootings at a small Christian college that killed seven and wounded three others earlier in the day as a 43-year-old man with the surname Goh.
At a press briefing with Oakland mayor Jean Quan and others, Police Chief Howard Jordan said the suspect was believed to be an Oakland resident. He said police had not identified a motive, nor did the suspect have any known criminal history.
Witnesses who were in the classroom where the shootings took place said the suspect first ordered students to line up against a wall and then pulled a handgun, the Oakland Tribune reported.
"The people started running and he started shooting," said Gurpreet Sahota, who relayed an account to the Tribune from his sister-in-law, Dawinder Kaur, 19.
The suspect, identified by the school as an ex-nursing student at Oikos University, had been absent for months before the incident, students in the class told the newspaper.
Chief Jordan said the suspect apparently comandeered a victim's car and drove it to Alameda, where he turned himself in to police at a Safeway store there, about five miles from the shootings.
Initial reports of the shooting said five had been killed. The City of Oakland later announced a higher toll.
"Ten people were injured during this morning's shooting, 7 of which are fatalities," Cynthia Perkins, a public safety official, said in a statement.
Some of the wounded at Oikos University were taken away by ambulance, while others were cared for outside the building, the Oakland Tribune reported.
The school's director said the suspect was no longer enrolled at Oikos, but he was unsure if the man had been expelled or dropped out, the Tribune reported.
In its web site, Oikos says it aims to provide "a Christian education based on solid Christian doctrine and ideology."
The institution, established in 2008, does not appear on the U.S. Department of Education list of accredited postsecondary institutions and programs. It has California state accreditation to award degrees in theology, music, Asian medicine and nursing.
At a press briefing with Oakland mayor Jean Quan and others, Police Chief Howard Jordan said the suspect was believed to be an Oakland resident. He said police had not identified a motive, nor did the suspect have any known criminal history.
Witnesses who were in the classroom where the shootings took place said the suspect first ordered students to line up against a wall and then pulled a handgun, the Oakland Tribune reported.
"The people started running and he started shooting," said Gurpreet Sahota, who relayed an account to the Tribune from his sister-in-law, Dawinder Kaur, 19.
The suspect, identified by the school as an ex-nursing student at Oikos University, had been absent for months before the incident, students in the class told the newspaper.
Chief Jordan said the suspect apparently comandeered a victim's car and drove it to Alameda, where he turned himself in to police at a Safeway store there, about five miles from the shootings.
Initial reports of the shooting said five had been killed. The City of Oakland later announced a higher toll.
"Ten people were injured during this morning's shooting, 7 of which are fatalities," Cynthia Perkins, a public safety official, said in a statement.
Some of the wounded at Oikos University were taken away by ambulance, while others were cared for outside the building, the Oakland Tribune reported.
The school's director said the suspect was no longer enrolled at Oikos, but he was unsure if the man had been expelled or dropped out, the Tribune reported.
In its web site, Oikos says it aims to provide "a Christian education based on solid Christian doctrine and ideology."
The institution, established in 2008, does not appear on the U.S. Department of Education list of accredited postsecondary institutions and programs. It has California state accreditation to award degrees in theology, music, Asian medicine and nursing.
