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BREAKING NEWS: At least five people injured in shooting near multiple East Oakland schools as students are evacuated from buildings
- Three victims were taken to Highland Hospital in Oakland and two others were rushed to Eden Medical Center in Castro Valley
- The situation is no longer active, authorities said
- The Alameda County Sheriff’s Office has confirmed that officers assisted Oakland police in the complex this afternoon
- This is a breaking news story
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At least five people have been injured in a shooting near multiple schools in East Oakland, California.
The shooting took place in a building on Fontaine Street – a location that is home to multiple schools – including Bay Area Technology School, Rudsdale Newcomer High School and Sojourner Truth Independent Study.
Three victims were taken to Highland Hospital in Oakland and two others were rushed to Eden Medical Center in Castro Valley, according to local reports.
The situation is no longer active, authorities said. Police believe the suspect, or suspects, are no longer in the school area.
The Alameda County Sheriff’s Office has confirmed that officers called the Oakland Police Department at the complex this afternoon.
At least five people injured in school shooting in East Oakland, California
The shooting is said to have taken place at 12:45 p.m. and the children in the schools were locked up first.
But the children — believed to be as young as kindergarten and as old as 18 — were subsequently evacuated from their buildings.
Police officers have cordoned off the street near the shooting site.
A woman told local news CBS Bay Area that she heard the shots from the buildings just after noon.
Other shocked parents described their panic after learning their children’s schools had been closed. One mother, after hearing the gunshots, said, “I was thinking of the worst.”
It is not clear how many people were injured in the shooting.
This is a breaking news story