Six people were wounded, two of which are in critical condition, during a shoot out Wednesday near a campus of schools in Oakland, California.
Police released a statement during a press conference: “Multiple police agencies responded to reports of a shooting at the King Estates Campus in East Oakland at approximately 12:45 p.m. Police said the six injured victims are adults who are affiliated with the Rudsale Continuation School, one of the four schools located on the campus.”
“It’s not clear if any of the victims are students at the school, or what their affiliation with the school is. We are still currently investigating their affiliation at this time. We do know that two of the victims experienced life-threatening injuries and are still receiving medical treatment,” continued the statement.
One victim has been released, while another is still at the hospital with non-life-threatening injuries. Two others were said to be awaiting release Wednesday evening.
No arrests have been made yet and the search for the suspect(s) is still ongoing. There has been no release by authorities describing the suspect(s).
Authorities believe the violence was a targeted attack.
All four of the schools on the campus were closed on Thursday.
In a post to Twitter, Mayor Libby Schaaf said that the shooting “shocks the soul.”
The shootings come a day after Oakland’s Chief of Police LeRonne Armstrong announced new measures aimed at tackling gun violence, including putting 50 additional officers on the streets in the next two months.
