Location

April 02, 2012

Participants

Incident Characteristics

• Shot - Wounded/Injured
• Shot - Dead (murder, accidental, or suicide)
• School Incident
• School Shooting - university/college
• Mass Murder (4+ deceased victims excluding the subject/suspect/perpetrator , one location)
• Mass Shooting (4+ victims injured or killed excluding the subject/suspect/perpetrator, one location)

Notes

Gunman arrested at mall 5 miles from school. Target was college official who denied him refund & no longer worked there. Gun legally bought at Castro Valley gun shop 2 months earlier. Later diagnosed with paranoid schizophrenia. Got 7 life sentences + 271 years; died in prison in 2019.

Guns Involved

1 gun involved.

• Type: 45 Auto

Sources

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• URL: https://web.archive.org/web/20200826085355/https://www.nbcbayarea.com/news/local/multiple-shooting-at-oakland-nursing-school/1943301/

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• URL: https://www.nytimes.com/2012/04/03/us/fatal-shootings-at-oikos-university-in-oakland-calif.html

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• URL: https://www.sfgate.com/crime/article/Oikos-shooting-Shooter-s-apparent-target-revealed-3461501.php

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• URL: https://sfist.com/2019/03/27/man-convicted-in-2012-mass-shooting-in-oakland-dies-in-custody/

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• URL: https://www.eastbaytimes.com/2012/04/03/oakland-university-shooting-accused-oikos-university-shooter-one-goh-was-troubled-angry-said-those-who-knew-him/

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• URL: https://web.archive.org/web/20131208215501/http://abclocal.go.com/kgo/story?section=news/local/east_bay&id=8604893

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