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  • 12
    Apr
    2012
    5:13am, EDT

    Alleged Oakland Christian campus shooter One Goh says he is 'deeply sorry'

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    One Goh is seen in this handout booking photo from the Alameda County Sheriffs Department released to Reuters April 3.

    By Alastair Jamieson, msnbc.com

    One Goh, the man charged with killing seven people at the Oikos University Christian college in Oakland, California, has said he is “deeply sorry” for the families of his victims, in an interview from jail.

    “Families are so angry with me,” he told CBS San Francisco at the Santa Rita Jail, Calif. “(But) if I tell them sorry, it doesn’t bring anybody back.”

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    Goh, 43, a native of South Korea and former student at the school, has been charged with seven counts of murder and three counts of attempted murder at the Oikos University – the deadliest U.S. campus attack since the shooting at Virginia Tech in 2007. He has not yet entered a plea.

    Police have said Goh was targeting an administrator who had been involved in his financial dispute with the school.

    When he learned she wasn't there, police say, he began shooting in classrooms. Police are also investigating whether Goh might have been seeking multiple targets.

    CBS San Francisco reporter Julie Goodrich said that as they spoke, Goh kept his head down. His eyes were bloodshot and at one point he started to cry, she said.

    She added that he spoke English clearly, despite accounts in the aftermath of the shootings that he had struggled with the language and was teased because of his lack of fluency.

    “I was studying to be a nurse … but it didn’t happen. It is complicated to explain,” he told her.

    Meanwhile, the director of the nursing program at Oikos college, said her students don't want to return to the classroom building where the shootings took place.

    Ellen Cervellon said Wednesday that nursing students at Oikos are still traumatized by the April 2 shooting and are looking for a new space off campus to hold classes. Instructors say they are not sure when classes will resume.

    The Associated Press contributed to this report.

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    62 comments

    I was studying to be a nurse … but it didn’t happen. It is complicated to explain,” he told her I'm sure the "christianity" part is a little murky too.

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  • 6
    Apr
    2012
    12:04pm, EDT

    Gun used in Oikos University shooting found, Oakland police say

    By Sajid Farooq, NBC Bay Area

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    A weapon suspected of being used in a mass shooting at Oikos University in Oakland on Monday has been found.

    Authorities believe One Goh killed seven people at the Christian college and a search has been underway for the alleged murder weapon since the shooting took place.

    Thursday, the Oakland Police Department was using sonar, boats and divers to search the Oakland estuary for a gun that Goh is believed to have purchased at a Castro Valley gun store back in November or December of last year.

    Read more on NBCBayArea.com about gun discovery

    Friday morning authorities confirmed to NBC Bay Area that a gun believed to have been used in the shooting was found near Leet Drive and Hegenberger Road.

    Goh was found by authorities without the weapon after he drove an allegedly stolen car to an Alameda store and allegedly began telling others he had shot people.

    The 43-year-old is being held without bail in solitary confinement at the Santa Rita Jail in Dublin.

    He was charged in court Wednesday with seven counts of murder and three counts of attempted murder, plus a special circumstance allegation of committing multiple murders that could make him eligible for the death penalty.

    He is scheduled to return to court April 30.

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    61 comments

    What happened to "The Police will Protect you".... I guess not. How could he possibly have used a gun? ..... This took place in a "Gun-Free-Zone". Are you finally admitting that criminals ignore all those "Feel-Good" firearms laws? Maybe the solution is NOT to pass even MORE laws that the criminals  …

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  • 4
    Apr
    2012
    6:29pm, EDT

    7 murder charges filed against former student One Goh in California shooting spree


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    One Goh is seen in this booking photo from the Alameda County Sheriffs Department.

    By NBCBayArea.com, NBC News

    The man suspected in a shooting rampage at a small Oakland, Calif., Christian college was charged Wednesday with seven counts of murder and three counts of attempted murder, prosecutors said.

    One L. Goh also faces a special circumstance allegation of multiple murders that could make him eligible for the death penalty, The Associated Press reported.


    The 43-year-old former nursing student was expelled from the school last fall, allegedly for anger issues. He surrendered to police at a Safeway store outside Oakland about an hour after the attack on Monday morning.

    Report: Oikos University shootings suspect 'can't deal with women'

    Oakland police continued to search for the murder weapon in Bay Area waters.

    Oakland Police Chief Howard Jordan told The Associated Press that the target of the attack was the nursing program director, who escaped the shooting spree and remains alive.

    NBCBayArea.com and The Associated Press contributed to this report.

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    special circumstance allegation of multiple murders that could make him eligible for the death penalty We can only hope so, please don't let this man back out on the street ever again. Condolences to the families and friends of the victims.

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  • 4
    Apr
    2012
    4:23am, EDT

    Report: Oikos University shootings suspect 'can't deal with women'

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    One Goh is seen in this handout booking photo from the Alameda County Sheriff's Department released to Reuters April 3, 2012. Goh, 43-years-old and a former student at Oikos University, is accused of killing seven people and wounding three in a shooting rampage at the small Christian college in Oakland on Monday.

    By msnbc.com staff and news services

    One Goh, the former student accused of shooting dead seven people at a small Christian college in Oakland, Calif., was consumed by an inability to get along with women, according to a report.

    The 43-year-old Korean-American, who had been expelled from Oikos University for "anger management" issues, had been cooperative since being taken into custody after Monday's shootings but was "not particularly remorseful," Oakland Police Chief Howard Jordan said Tuesday.


    He is expected to face charges from prosecutors Wednesday.

    About 1,000 people, including relatives and friends of the victims, gathered for a memorial service on Tuesday evening at the Allen Temple Baptist Church, where the congregation consists mainly of African-American and Korean-American worshippers. The service was conducted in both English and Korean.

    Many of the assembled wept quietly with hands clasped and heads bowed. Flowers were laid at the podium, where clergy from different faiths offered prayers. Some mourners swayed and waved their hands in the air and wiped tears from their eyes while hymns were sung.

    One of the speakers, Mayor Jean Quan, said the gun violence that shook Oakland this week could occur anywhere in America.

    "This is America, where you can find a gun easier than mental health services," she said.

    PhotoBlog: Tears, prayers at memorial service for victims of shooting

    Oikos, founded by a pastor from South Korea, serves about 100 students in a single building and has close links to the Korean-American Christian community.

    Oikos University shooting school catered to Koreans

    Goh's former nursing instructor, Romie Delariman, was quoted in the San Francisco Chronicle saying the student didn't fit in at a college where women make up the majority of the nursing faculty and student body.

    Behavioral problems
    Delariman described Goh as a good and eager student, but added, "He just can't deal with women. ... I always advised him, 'You go to school to learn, not to make friends.'"

    The teacher disputed accounts that Goh had been picked on due to his imperfect English, characterizing his problems as behavioral.

    In the deadliest campus shooting in five years, a former student opened fire at Oikos University in Oakland, Calif., Monday, killing at least seven people. NBC's Kristen Dahlgren reports.

    "He can't get along with people," Delariman was quoted by the newspaper as saying. "If you say, 'How are you?' he'll say, 'Why? Don't I look OK? Did I do something to you?' "

    Oikos University shootings: Gunman targeted administrator

    Police on Tuesday said Goh’s intended target – a female administrator – escaped the shooting spree and remains alive.

    Three people wounded by Goh were released from an Oakland hospital by mid-morning on Tuesday.

    Goh surrendered at a Safeway grocery store several miles away.

    Reuters and msnbc.com staff contributed to this report.

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    1052 comments

    His traget a female administrator, but he shoots students instead. The actions of mad men never make any sense.

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  • 3
    Apr
    2012
    6:14am, EDT

    Police: College shooter targeted female administrator

    NBC's Kristen Dahlgren reports on the deadliest campus shooting in five years

    By NBC News, msnbc.com staff and news services

    Updated at 12 p.m. ET: One Goh, the former Oikos University student accused of killing seven people at the college's campus in Oakland, Calif., told authorities he was upset with being expelled and had sought out a female college official who was not present, the city's police chief said Tuesday.


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    Goh "then went through the entire building systematically and randomly shooting victims," Oakland Police Chief Howard Jordan said at a news conference.

    "We do know that he was upset at administrators at the school. We do know that he was upset with several students here because of the way he was treated when he was enrolled here two months ago," Jordan said.

    He said Goh, 43, had been teased. The South Korean national had been expelled, possibly for behavioral problems, according to Jordan.

    "They disrespected him, laughed at him. They made fun of his lack of English speaking skills. It made him feel isolated compared to the other students," Jordan said.

    Goh tried to find the female administrator and began shooting when he learned she wasn't there, Jordan said. The victims, who range in age from 21 to 40, were from various countries, including Nigeria, Nepal and the Philippines.


    Other reports indicated that Goh, who reportedly had been a nursing student, recently lost two family members and had debts.

    In Monday's rampage -- the deadliest U.S. campus shooting since the 2007 Virginia Tech killings -- one witness said Goh told students: "Get in line and I'm going to kill you all."

    Jordan said Goh first took a receptionist hostage and then went looking for a particular female administrator. He then took the receptionist into a classroom and, on realizing the administrator was not there, he shot the receptionist and lined students up against a wall.

    Goh surrendered Monday afternoon at a grocery store several miles away from the scene.

    Gunman kills 7 at small California university

    Three others were injured but suffered non-life-threatening injuries, police told NBC Bay Area.

    The station said at least one of the injured, a 19-year-old woman, was released from the hospital late Monday after suffering a gun shot wound to her arm.

    The San Francisco Chronicle said Goh's brother, U.S. Army Sgt. Su Wan Ko, died in March 2011 in a car crash in Virginia while on special forces training.

    It also reported that his mother, Oak Chul Kim, died a year ago in Seoul, where she moved after leaving Oakland, according to her former neighbors in Oakland.

    Rent owed
    The Chronicle said Goh used to live in Virginia, where records show a string of judgments against him, including an eviction from apartments in Hayes where he owed $1,300 back rent at the time he left.

    Records show federal tax demands were issued in 2006 and 2009 for a total of $23,000, although the newspaper said he had managed to repay some of the money.

    NBCSanDiego reported that Goh's parents lived in two different apartments in Chula Vista between 1998 and 2000, though exact details on the street locations of those homes remain unknown.

    Paul Singh, whose 19-year-old sister Devinder Kaur was shot in the arm during Monday's rampage, told Reuters that according to his sister, Goh was a former student who showed up to class for the first time in four months.

    "'Get in line and I'm going to kill you all,' is what he said this morning, my sister told me. They thought he was joking at first,'" Singh said.

    Tashi Wangchuk, whose wife attended the school and witnessed the shooting, said he was told by police that the gunman first shot a woman at the front desk, then continued shooting randomly in classrooms.

    Wangchuk said his wife was in her vocational nursing class when she heard gunshots. She locked the door and turned off the lights.

    The gunman "banged on the door several times and started shooting outside and left," he said. Wangchuk said no one was hurt inside his wife's classroom, but that the gunman shot out the glass in the door. He said she did not know the man.

    The Associated Press contributed to this report.

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    841 comments

    If you have problems in YOUR life, the answer is never to kill or hurt other people. I'm offended that the police would even mention that as a motive. He was just CRAZY!!

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