OAKLAND, CALIFORNIA – SEPTEMBER 28: A security guard removes blood stained bandages from his leg near a back entrance to Bay Area Technology School following a multiple injury shooting in Oakland, Calif., on Wednesday, September 28, 2022. (Dylan Bouscher/Bay Area News Group)
In one of the Bay Area’s worst school shootings in recent memory, six people were wounded after multiple shots rang out near a group of East Oakland schools on Wednesday afternoon, sending hundreds of students into lockdown as police swarmed the grounds searching for a shooter who hours later had not been captured.
Three people were taken by ambulance to Highland Hospital, a hospital administrator said, and another three victims were taken to Eden Medical Center, according to the Alameda County Sheriff’s Office.
As of early Wednesday evening, two victims remained hospitalized with life-threatening injuries, while one had been released from a hospital, two others were pending release and another was still receiving care for non-life threatening injuries, Oakland police said.
The gunfire erupted shortly before 1 p.m. on the 8200 block of Fontaine Street at an Oakland Unified School District building housing three campuses.
Oakland Police Assistant Chief Darren Allison said authorities are “actively looking for at least one shooter,” but he added other individuals may be involved. He said the shooting occurred at a portion of the school complex called Rudsdale, with some victims located inside the high school.
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OAKLAND, CALIFORNIA – SEPTEMBER 28: Law enforcement officers from different agencies respond after a multiple people were shot in a complex of schools on Fontaine Street in Oakland, Calif., on Wednesday, Sept. 28, 2022. Ray Chavez/Bay Area News Group) OAKLAND, CALIFORNIA – SEPTEMBER 28: Students and adults walk along Fontaine Street in Oakland, Calif., after a multiple people were shot in a complex of schools on Wednesday, Sept. 28, 2022. Ray Chavez/Bay Area News Group) OAKLAND, CALIFORNIA – SEPTEMBER 28: Law enforcement officers from several agencies respond after at least six adults were shot at the Bay Area Technology School complex in East Oakland, Calif., on Wednesday, Sept. 28, 2022. (Jane Tyska/Bay Area News Group) OAKLAND, CALIFORNIA – SEPTEMBER 28: An Alameda County Sheriff’s Department deputy carries an automatic rifle as law enforcement officers from several agencies respond after at least six adults were shot at the Bay Area Technology School complex in East Oakland, Calif., on Wednesday, Sept. 28, 2022. (Jane Tyska/Bay Area News Group) OAKLAND, CALIFORNIA – SEPTEMBER 28: Parent Brandi Roberts waits to find out news about her daughter from Dr. Lori Smith, principal of BayTech Charter School, as students gather at St. Cuthbert’s Episcopal Church on Mountain Boulevard and Keller Avenue as law enforcement officers from several agencies respond after at least six adults were shot at the Bay Area Technology School complex in East Oakland, Calif., on Wednesday, Sept. 28, 2022. (Jane Tyska/Bay Area News Group) OAKLAND, CALIFORNIA – SEPTEMBER 28: A woman with a kid walk along Fontaine Street in Oakland, Calif., after a multiple people were shot in a complex of schools on Wednesday, Sept. 28, 2022. Ray Chavez/Bay Area News Group) OAKLAND, CALIFORNIA – SEPTEMBER 28: Law enforcement officers from several agencies respond after at least six adults were shot at the Bay Area Technology School complex in East Oakland, Calif., on Wednesday, Sept. 28, 2022. (Jane Tyska/Bay Area News Group) OAKLAND, CALIFORNIA – SEPTEMBER 28: Students and adults walk along Fontaine Street in Oakland, Calif., after a multiple people were shot in a complex of schools on Wednesday, Sept. 28, 2022. Ray Chavez/Bay Area News Group) OAKLAND, CALIFORNIA – SEPTEMBER 28: Officer Astra Goddard drops an evidence marker near a back entrance to Bay Area Technology School following a multiple-injury shooting in Oakland, Calif., on Wednesday, Sept. 28, 2022. (Dylan Bouscher/Bay Area News Group) OAKLAND, CALIFORNIA – SEPTEMBER 28: Bay Area Technology School students, faculty and staff walk off campus following a multiple-injury shooting in Oakland, Calif., on Wednesday, Sept. 28, 2022. (Dylan Bouscher/Bay Area News Group) OAKLAND, CALIFORNIA – SEPTEMBER 28: Chaplains stand on the stairs to the entrance at one the King Estate schools after faculty and staff return for their belongings were six adults were shot on Fontaine Street in Oakland, Calif.,on Wednesday, Sept. 28, 2022. (Ray Chavez/Bay Area News Group) OAKLAND, CALIFORNIA – SEPTEMBER 28: Students and administrators gather at St. Cuthbert’s Episcopal Church on Mountain Boulevard and Keller Avenue as law enforcement officers from several agencies respond after at least six adults were shot at the Bay Area Technology School complex in East Oakland, Calif., on Wednesday, Sept. 28, 2022. (Jane Tyska/Bay Area News Group) OAKLAND, CALIFORNIA – SEPTEMBER 28: Two women hug each other after faculty and staff return to the complex of schools for their belongings were six adults were shot in Oakland, Calif.,on Wednesday, Sept. 28, 2022. (Ray Chavez/Bay Area News Group) OAKLAND, CALIFORNIA – SEPTEMBER 28: Law enforcement officers from several agencies respond after at least six adults were shot at the Bay Area Technology School complex in East Oakland, Calif., on Wednesday, Sept. 28, 2022. (Jane Tyska/Bay Area News Group) OAKLAND, CALIFORNIA – SEPTEMBER 28: Students gather at St. Cuthbert’s Episcopal Church on Mountain Boulevard and Keller Avenue as law enforcement officers from several agencies respond after at least six adults were shot at the Bay Area Technology School complex in East Oakland, Calif., on Wednesday, Sept. 28, 2022. (Jane Tyska/Bay Area News Group) OAKLAND, CALIFORNIA – SEPTEMBER 28: A California Highway Patrol officer lifts the yellow tape to let parents and students leave the cordoned-off area on Fontaine Street in Oakland, Calif., after a multiple people were shot in a complex of schools on Wednesday, Sept. 28, 2022. Ray Chavez/Bay Area News Group) OAKLAND, CALIFORNIA – SEPTEMBER 28: Administrator Ryan Hughes, left, talks with a student at St. Cuthbert’s Episcopal Church on Mountain Boulevard and Keller Avenue while law enforcement officers from several agencies respond after at least six adults were shot at the Bay Area Technology School complex in East Oakland, Calif., on Wednesday, Sept. 28, 2022. (Jane Tyska/Bay Area News Group) OAKLAND, CALIFORNIA – SEPTEMBER 28: An Oakland police officer investigates a mass shooting at the King Estates Complex school campus on Fontaine Street in East Oakland, Calif., on Wednesday, Sept. 28, 2022. Six adult victims were transported to local hospitals and two remain in critical condition. (Jane Tyska/Bay Area News Group) OAKLAND, CALIFORNIA – SEPTEMBER 28: An Oakland police crime scene technician gathers evidence markers as they investigate a mass shooting at the King Estates Complex school campus on Fontaine Street in East Oakland, Calif., on Wednesday, Sept. 28, 2022. Six adult victims were transported to local hospitals and two remain in critical condition. (Jane Tyska/Bay Area News Group) OAKLAND, CALIFORNIA – SEPTEMBER 28: Oakland police are seen as they investigate a mass shooting at the King Estates Complex school campus on Fontaine Street in East Oakland, Calif., on Wednesday, Sept. 28, 2022. Six adult victims were transported to local hospitals and two remain in critical condition. (Jane Tyska/Bay Area News Group)
Jane Tyska is an award-winning staff photojournalist, videojournalist, drone pilot and picture editor based out of Oakland, and has worked for the Bay Area News Group since 1997. She's there when news breaks and has been known to arrive on assignment by many modes of transport, including motorcycle and boat.
Dylan J. Bouscher is a multimedia editor focused on breaking news and telling stories in words, photos and videos. Previously, he produced, scripted and edited national and world news and local entertainment videos for LA Times, Chicago Tribune and Sun Sentinel newspapers. He is a meddling kid turned Florida Man, made in Miami and now running Bay Area trails off-the-clock.
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