At least six adults were injured in a shooting on a school campus in Oakland on Wednesday, with at least some of the victims found inside the school, authorities said. The shooting took place around 12:45 a.m. at Rudsdale Newcomer High School, authorities said. . The school welcomes recent immigrants between the ages of 16 and 21 who fled violence and instability in their home country, according to the school’s website. It is one of four adjacent schools located one block east of Oakland. Officials did not say whether any of the victims could be students aged 18 or older. “The victims were affiliated with the school, and we’re determining affiliation at this time,” Oakland Deputy Police Chief Darren Allison said, though he declined to say whether any students or teachers were involved Allison said police are looking for at least one suspect but have no one in custody Three of the injured were taken to Highland Hospital in Oakland, while the other three were taken to the medical center Eden in Castro Valley.Allison said three people remained hospitalized Wednesday night, two with life-threatening injuries, while one person had been released and two others are expected to be released soon.John Sasaki, spokesperson for the United School District of Oakland, said in a statement that district officials “have no information beyond what Oakland police are reporting. He said counselors were being made available to students. ts and that he could not say if the schools on the site would be open on Thursday. Television footage showed dozens of police cars and yellow tape in the street outside the school and students leaving nearby campuses. City Council member Treva Reid said investigators told her the shooting may be linked to increased “group and gang violence”. James Jackson, chief executive of Alameda Health System, also noted an increase in violence. “We’ve seen almost a doubling of the victims of violent crime that we see here at our facility (Highland Hospital). So something has changed,” Jackson said. City Councilman Loren Taylor, who was at the outside the school, declined to confirm details of the incident, telling KTVU-TV, “There were guns on our school campuses where our babies were supposed to be protected.” ___This story has been corrected to show that The Associated Press, quoting Oakland Mayor Libby Schaaf, mistakenly identified the location of the shooting as Rudsdale Newcomer High School, not the High School. Independent Studies Sojourner Truth.
At least six adults were injured in a shooting on a school campus in Oakland on Wednesday, with at least some of the victims found inside the school, authorities said.
The shooting took place around 12:45 p.m. at Rudsdale Newcomer High School, authorities said. The school welcomes recent immigrants between the ages of 16 and 21 who fled violence and instability in their home country, according to the school’s website. It is one of four adjacent schools located one block east of Oakland.
Authorities did not say whether any of the victims could be students 18 or older.
“The victims were affiliated with the school, and we’re determining affiliation at this time,” Oakland Deputy Police Chief Darren Allison said, though he declined to say whether any students or teachers were involved.
Allison said police are looking for at least one suspect but have no one in custody.
Three of the injured were taken to Highland Hospital in Oakland, while the other three were taken to Eden Medical Center in Castro Valley. Allison said three people remained hospitalized Wednesday evening, two with life-threatening injuries, while one person had been discharged and two others were expected to be discharged shortly.
John Sasaki, spokesman for the Oakland Unified School District, said in a statement that district officials “have no information beyond what Oakland police are reporting.” He said counselors were being made available to students and he could not say whether schools on the site would be open on Thursday.
Television footage showed dozens of police cars and yellow tape in the street outside the school and students leaving nearby campuses.
City council member Treva Reid said investigators told her the shooting could be linked to rising “group and gang violence”.
James Jackson, chief executive of Alameda Health System, also noted an increase in violence.
“We have seen almost double the number of victims of violent crime that we see here at our facility (Highland Hospital). So something changed,” Jackson said.
City council member Loren Taylor, who was outside the school, declined to confirm details of the incident, telling KTVU-TV, “There were guns on our school campuses where our babies were supposed to be protected.
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This story has been corrected to show that The Associated Press, quoting Oakland Mayor Libby Schaaf, mistakenly identified the location of the shooting. It was at Rudsdale Newcomer High School, not Sojourner Truth School of Independent Study.