Poignant tales have emerged on the Oikos University shooting in which seven nursing students died. One of the victims told the Daily Mail that the gunman stood up in the middle of the class and shot another student point blank in the chest before spraying the room with bullets. According to AP, a wounded woman cowered in the bushes after the man opened fire on the campus while a student hid himself in a locked classroom as the shooter banged on the door.
It was an "extremely chaotic scene," police Chief Howard Jordan said, reported AP adding: "It's going to take us a few days to put the pieces together," Jordan said. "We do not have a motive."
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Police cordon off the scene of a mass shooting at Oikos University in Oakland, Calif., on Monday. Seven people were killed and three others wounded in the attack.ReutersHyok-in Kwon (L) and Kyung Kim (C) of the Korean United Methodist Church speaks to Oakland Mayor Jean Quan during a news conference at the Oakland Police Headquarters.ReutersA teacher from Oikos University (C) who was not working today walks away from the scene of a multiple shooting at the school in Oakland, California.ReutersStudents and onlookers at Oikos University talk amongst themselves at the scene of a multiple shooting at the school in Oakland, California, April 2, 2012.ReutersFire fighters leave the site of a multiple shooting at a private Christian college in Oakland, California.ReutersOfficers leave the scene of a multiple shooting at a private Christian college in Oakland, California.ReutersOakland Police Chief Howard Jordan briefs the media at the Oakland Police Headquarters after a lone gunman opened fire killing at least seven people and wounding three at Oikos University in Oakland, CaliforniaReutersHyok-in Kwon (L) and Kyung Kim of the Korean United Methodist Church attend a news conference at the Oakland Police Headquarters, after a lone gunman opened fire killing at lease seven and wounding three at Oikos University in Oakland, California.ReutersPolice officers walk on Edgewater Drive after a shooting at Oikos University in Oakland, California.ReutersPolice officers on an armored vehicle survey the scene of a shooting at Oikos University in Oakland, California.Reuters