Crime & Safety

Oikos University Shooting Victims' Names Released

Sonam Chodon (or Choedon) of El Cerrito is among the official list of the Oakland massacre victims released today, Tuesday, by the Alameda County Sheriff's Department.

Authorities have identified six of the seven victims in  Monday at Oikos University in Oakland.

According to Alameda County Sheriff's Department spokesman J.D. Nelson, suspected gunman One L. Goh, 43, of Oakland, claimed the lives of (in alphabetical order):

  • Doris Chibuko, 40, of San Leandro
  • Sonam Choedon, 33, of  El Cerrito (her last name is spelled "Chodon" in a notice from the Tibetan Associatino of Northern California)
  • , 23, of Union City
  • Judith O. Seymore, 53, of San Jose
  • , 21, of Hayward
  • Bhutia Tshering, 38, of San Francisco

The identity of the seventh victim has not yet been released pending notification of next of kin.

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According to Oakland police Chief Howard Jordan, Goh had been expelled from Oakland's Oikos University for behavioral issues. He was looking for a particular administrator at the school when he started his rampage at about 10:30 a.m. Monday.

Goh was also upset with several students, Jordan said.

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The seven victims killed at the school were mainly students, Jordan said. One of the deceased was employed as a secretary. Several of the victims were from different countries, including Korea and Nigeria.

Jordan said that police had not yet recovered the gun used in the killings.

Goh is being held at Santa Rita Jail on charges of murder and kidnapping. He is scheduled to be arraigned Wednesday at 2 pm at the Wiley W. Manuel Courthouse in Oakland.

A vigil for victims of Oikos shooting is scheduled to be held at 6 p.m. today at Allen Temple Baptist Church, located at 8709 International Blvd. in Oakland.

Bay City News Service contributed to this report.


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