A gunman who opened fire at Oikos University, a Christian school in Oakland, Calif., this morning, killing at least seven people and wounding three others, may be in custody, police said.
"As it stands now, we are confirming that a total of 10 people were injured during this morning's shooting, seven of which are fatalities," Oakland Police Department spokeswoman Cynthia Perkins said. "One person has been taken into custody in connection with this shooting."
According to police, the gunman entered the school at 10:30 a.m., and fired multiple shots.
SWAT teams arrived shortly after the shooting and attempted to secure the area, locating victims and trying to get them to safety as they searched for the gunman.
Police described the suspect as an Asian male, 5-foot-9, wearing tan pants, according to ABC station KGO-TV in San Francisco.
Pastor Jong Kim, who founded the school about 10 years ago, told the Oakland Tribune that the shooter was a former nursing student, though he was unsure whether the man had been expelled or dropped out.
Hours after the shooting, police said they had detained a "possible suspect."
"We just received information that we believe that we detained a possible suspect who's responsible for the shooting today; again that's just a detention," Oakland Police Department spokeswoman Officer Johnna Watson said. "We do believe this person may be responsible for this shooting and that's what we're following up with our investigators and our officers are looking into the details of that right now."
One witness described a chaotic scene in the moments after the shooting. Brian Snow was at a nearby credit union, when he first heard the shots and saw a victim run out of the building.
"I just heard more gunshots. A lady came out running and she had blood on her arm, but I didn't know how bad the wound was," Snow told KGO Radio. "She was just trying to make sure everyone was safe and took off her jacket and she had a big old hole in her arm."
Oikos University is a Christian university that focuses on nursing. The school's website describes students as "given the opportunity to obtain a Christian education that is based on solid Christian doctrine and ideology. Our main goal is to foster spiritual Christian leaders who abide by God's intentions and to expand God's nation through them."
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