OAKLAND — At least six people were injured in a shooting near an East Oakland school campus on Wednesday afternoon, authorities said.
Lt. Ray Kelly of the Alameda County Sheriff’s Office confirmed three adults were taken by ambulance to Highland Hospital and another three people were taken to Eden Medical Center. Two of victims at Highland Hospital are in critical condition, Kelly said. A hospital administrator later confirmed a third victim at Highland was also in critical condition.
In a statement, an Oakland Unified School District spokesman acknowledged the incident at the district’s King Estate campus in the 8200 block of Fontaine Street, home to Rudsdale continuation and newcomer high schools, Bay Area Technology charter school, and Sojourner Truth Independent Study, which has no students at the site. The spokesman said the incident happened near its Oakland Academy of Knowledge school but that neither it nor its students were involved, before adding that it knew nothing more than what police investigators had released.
