Deaths in US college shooting

A suspect is detained after seven people are killed by a gunman at a Christian institution in Oakland, California.

A suspect has been detained in a shooting attack at a private Christian college in Oakland, California, in which seven people have been killed, police said. Three others were wounded in the shooting at Oikos University on Monday morning. The institution offers studies in theology, music, nursing and Asian medicine. The suspect was taken into custody at a shopping mall several miles away from the scene of the shooting, police said. Authorities did not immediately offer a motive for the rampage, but said they believed the gunman had acted alone. He was not immediately identified. The Oakland police department had tweeted that the suspect was "male, Asian, heavy build, khaki clothing, near or in area." The school's founder, Pastor Jong Kim, told the Oakland Tribune newspaper that the gunman had been a nursing student there, but was no longer enrolled. A spokeswoman for Highland Memorial Hospital in Oakland said four people were being treated there for injuries sustained in the attack. Nearby business centres were evacuated and shut down for the day as officers searched the school and surrounding area. Police and SWAT teams took position around the building and rushing inside as officers helped students evacuate the campus. Five ambulances were dispatched to a "multi-patient medical scene," the  Oakland fire fepartment said on its Twitter feed, citing reports of "multiple  stabbing/gunshot victims." Local television footage showed wounded victims being carried from a building. Institution not accredited The institution does not show up on the US Department of Education's list of accredited schools, and appears to cater largely to the area's Korean community. Its website says it trains men and women "for Christian leadership, both lay and clerical." It's not clear how many students attend the school, or the size of its faculty. The shooting came just over a month after a student gunman in Ohio opened fire in a high  school cafeteria, killing three students. It was the deadliest outburst of gun violence at a US school since a Virginia Tech student shot and killed 32 people and himself in a 2007 massacre on that campus