California man ordered held without bail in Oakland college mass killings By: Lauren and Chelsea One L. Goh was ordered held without bail on Wednesday, April 4th on charges of seven counts of murder with special circumstances and three counts of attempted murder in the mass shooting this week at Oikos University in Oakland. Goh made his initial court appearance Wednesday before Judge Sandra Bean in Oakland. At a news conference Wednesday, District Attorney Nancy E. O'Malley clarified that Goh voluntarily left Oikos last November and wasn't expelled as earlier reported. Oikos is a small college in Oakland that caters primarily to the Korean-American Christian community.
O'Malley said she would decide on whether to seek the death penalty after his preliminary hearing later this year. "The information that we have received from some of the individuals who knew him at the school was that he was a loner and what some might call a loser, but he didn't exhibit any behaviors that we're aware that would have alerted anyone to a rampage," O'Malley told reporters.
The victims, all from California, were: Katleen Ping, 24; Judith Ona Seymour, 53, of San Jose; Lydia H. Sim, 21, of Hayward; Sonam Choedon, 33, of El Cerrito; Grace Eunhea Kim, 23, of Union City; Doris Ifeyinwa Chibuko, 40, of San Leandro; and Tshering Rinzing Bhutia, 38, of San Francisco, according to prosecutors.
Goh is also charged with the attempted murder O'Malley said. Goh used a .45-caliber gun with four fully loaded magazines, O'Malley said. Most of the rounds were fired, said Oakland Police Chief Howard Jordan. Jordan also provided new details on how Goh was arrested after he fled the college in a victim's car.
Goh went to a Safeway grocery and asked an employee, if he could use the telephone, Jordan said. During the phone call, it became clear to the employee that something serious had occurred. The employee alerted store security, which in turn alerted Alameda Police, Jordan said. Authorities are investigating whether Goh was phoning a family member, Jordan said.
On Monday morning, Goh walked into the single-story building, took a secretary hostage and went looking for a particular female administrator, Jordan said. Realizing the administrator was not in the classroom where he'd hoped to find her, Goh shot the secretary and ordered the students to line up against the wall, police said. Not all of them cooperated, Jordan said, and he began shooting.
The first 911 calls came at 10:33 a.m.
"Shots coming from inside the building, people are running out screaming," a dispatcher says in one of the police radio exchanges. After the shootings, the gunman left the classroom, reloaded his semiautomatic weapon and returned, firing into several classrooms, Jordan said. He ended his rampage by driving off in a victim's car, police said. In all, seven people were killed, and three were wounded.
This event is important to us because there are many dangerous and angry people in the world. It also shows that when people want something, they will go to extremes to get whatever they want. It had impacted the society because not only was this at a Christian school, but many innocent lives were taken as well as many injuries. It shows that people in today’s society that you need to watch out for those who have a money related goal because they will go to extremes to get it.
By: Lauren and Chelsea
One L. Goh was ordered held without bail on Wednesday, April 4th on charges of seven counts of murder with special circumstances and three counts of attempted murder in the mass shooting this week at Oikos University in Oakland. Goh made his initial court appearance Wednesday before Judge Sandra Bean in Oakland.
At a news conference Wednesday, District Attorney Nancy E. O'Malley clarified that Goh voluntarily left Oikos last November and wasn't expelled as earlier reported. Oikos is a small college in Oakland that caters primarily to the Korean-American Christian community.
O'Malley said she would decide on whether to seek the death penalty after his preliminary hearing later this year. "The information that we have received from some of the individuals who knew him at the school was that he was a loner and what some might call a loser, but he didn't exhibit any behaviors that we're aware that would have alerted anyone to a rampage," O'Malley told reporters.
The victims, all from California, were: Katleen Ping, 24; Judith Ona Seymour, 53, of San Jose; Lydia H. Sim, 21, of Hayward; Sonam Choedon, 33, of El Cerrito; Grace Eunhea Kim, 23, of Union City; Doris Ifeyinwa Chibuko, 40, of San Leandro; and Tshering Rinzing Bhutia, 38, of San Francisco, according to prosecutors.
Goh is also charged with the attempted murder O'Malley said. Goh used a .45-caliber gun with four fully loaded magazines, O'Malley said. Most of the rounds were fired, said Oakland Police Chief Howard Jordan. Jordan also provided new details on how Goh was arrested after he fled the college in a victim's car.
Goh went to a Safeway grocery and asked an employee, if he could use the telephone, Jordan said. During the phone call, it became clear to the employee that something serious had occurred. The employee alerted store security, which in turn alerted Alameda Police, Jordan said.
Authorities are investigating whether Goh was phoning a family member, Jordan said.
On Monday morning, Goh walked into the single-story building, took a secretary hostage and went looking for a particular female administrator, Jordan said. Realizing the administrator was not in the classroom where he'd hoped to find her, Goh shot the secretary and ordered the students to line up against the wall, police said. Not all of them cooperated, Jordan said, and he began shooting.
The first 911 calls came at 10:33 a.m.
"Shots coming from inside the building, people are running out screaming," a dispatcher says in one of the police radio exchanges. After the shootings, the gunman left the classroom, reloaded his semiautomatic weapon and returned, firing into several classrooms, Jordan said. He ended his rampage by driving off in a victim's car, police said. In all, seven people were killed, and three were wounded.
This event is important to us because there are many dangerous and angry people in the world. It also shows that when people want something, they will go to extremes to get whatever they want. It had impacted the society because not only was this at a Christian school, but many innocent lives were taken as well as many injuries. It shows that people in today’s society that you need to watch out for those who have a money related goal because they will go to extremes to get it.