According to an official, six people were shot at a California school.
A hospital representative reported that two victims were in critical condition.
According to authorities, a shooting at a school in Oakland, California, injured six people on Wednesday.
According to tweets from the city’s mayor, Libby Schaaf, the victims, all of whom are adults, are receiving treatment at nearby hospitals.
Alameda Health System CEO James Jackson reported that three people were being treated at trauma hospitals, two of whom were in stable but serious condition.
According to Assistant Oakland Police Chief Darren Allison, the injuries sustained by a fourth victim were not life-threatening. He stated that two more patients were about to be discharged from another hospital.
The victims’ full identities were not immediately known.
According to Allison, the incident happened just before 1 o’clock at a complex comprising four schools, including a middle school and a high school, in the Eastmont Hills area of the city.
One of the schools, Rudsdale, had “some affiliation” with the victims. Earlier, Schaaf claimed that Sojourner Truth, a K–12 independent study school on the same property, was the scene of the shooting.
According to Allison, the victims were located inside the school.
Allison failed to name a suspect or any motive. Although additional shooters may have been engaged, only one is being sought by authorities, he added.
The act “shocks the soul,” according to Schaaf, and “our country’s unrestricted access to firearms is unforgivable.”
This is the second shooting at a school in Oakland in less than a month. On August 29, a 12-year-old allegedly shot a 13-year-old at Madison Park Academy, injuring the child.
With a population of just under 500,000, Oakland is experiencing an increase in gun violence. Police Chief LeRonne Armstrong announced a strategy to stop the violence on Tuesday.
