At around 10:32 a.m. on the morning of April, 2, 2012 One L. Goh, a former nursing student, walked into Oikos University in Oakland, California and murdered seven people; six women and one man. The dead were six student and one employee, with three other individuals injured. After leaving Oikos, he killed another student in the parking lot. He drove this student's car to Alameda where he surrendered to the police.
The names of the murdered victims are as follows:
- Kathleen Ping, 24, was the secretary / receptionist at the front desk. Katleen had a 4-year-old son, Kayzzer.
- Lydia Sim, 21, was a nursing student who worked as a babysitter at Hayward Baptist Church. Her ultimate goal was to become a pediatrician.
- Tshering Rinzing Bhutia, 38, attended nursing classes while working nights as a janitor at SF International airport. Bhutia was described as a gentle Buddhist from Sikkim.
- Sonam Choedon (or Chodon), 33, was a Tibetan immigrant from India taking nursing classes. She had previously worked in education administration for Tibet's exiled government.
- Judith Seymore (or Seymour), 53, of Guyana, had two grown children, Camelia and Bryan.
- Grace Eunhae Kim, 23, was a nursing student who worked at BJ's Restuarant and Brewery in Newark.
- Doris Chibuko, 40, was a Nigerian attorney who was entering a new career as a nurse, and was class president at Oikos University. Doris worked as a mental health worker at Villa Fairmont Mental Health Rehabilitation Center. Doris and her husband Efanye Chibuko had three young daughters, Chioma, age 8, Ify, age 5; and 3 year old Chemelie, as well as her 14-year-old step-daughter Ngozi Chibuko. 6
Injured during the rampage were:
- Dawinder Kaur, 19
- Grace Kirika, 43
- Ahmad Javid Sayeed, 36
Additional Links
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Gunman Kills 7 in a Rampage at a Northern California University The New York Times
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Oikos University shooting Wikipedia
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In Memory of Doris Chibuko, Killed in the Tragic Oikos University Shooting United Healthcare Workers West 1
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Victim in Oikos University Shooting is Grace Kim, a Foothill Alum Pleasanton Patch 2
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Oakland university shooting: Victim Sonam Chodon worked for Tibet's exiled government before pursuing nursing career Mercury News 3
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Child of Guyana-born woman shot in US encounters passport glitch Demeara Waves 4
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Oikos Gunman Leaves Three San Leandro Girls Motherless San Leandro Patch 6
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Victims of school shooting at Calif. university revealed as families remember lost loved ones New York Daily News 7
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38 year old Bhutia from Sikkim shot dead in Northern California Sikkim Students 8
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Mourners gather to commemorate victims of Oikos University shooting Oakland North
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Oikos University Shooting: Suspect, One L. Goh, Detained; At Least 7 Dead ABC News
- Oikos University Shooting: At Least 7 People Dead ... Huffington Post
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Oikos University Victims: Those Killed In Oakland Shooting Spree Were Young, Diverse Huffington Post
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Oakland: Families of two Oikos University shooting victims sue Mercury News
Pieces reflecting on the tragedy later
- Kang, Jay Caspian. "That Other School Shooting." New York Times Magazine: Mar 28, 2013.