Police: US gunman was 'upset' with school; 7 dead

The suspect in a shooting rampage that left seven dead at a small Christian university had been upset with the school's administration and had been "mistreated" and "disrespected" by students, police said Tuesday.     

South Korean-born former student, 43-year-old One L. Goh, turned himself in at a nearby supermarket shortly after Monday's shootings at Oikos University in California that also left three people wounded, trapped some in the building and forced others to flee.     

It was an "extremely chaotic scene," police Chief Howard Jordan said. "It's going to take us a few days to put the pieces together," Jordan said.     

Jordan told "Good Morning America" on Tuesday that the suspect was "upset with the administration of the school" and that the suspect had been "mistreated" and "disrespected" by students.     

Those connected to the school, including the founder and several students, described the gunman as a former nursing student. The chief said Goh is a South Korean national.     

Five died at the scene and another two died at the hospital. The wounded victims were in stable condition, and at least one person had been released from the hospital. Jordan told "Good Morning America" the victims ranged in age from 21 to 40.     

Dawinder Kaur's family told the Oakland Tribune that she was being treated for a gunshot to her elbow.     

The 19-year-old told her family that that the gunman was a student in her nursing class who had been absent for months before returning Monday. The gunman entered the classroom and ordered students to line up against the wall.     

When he showed his gun, students began running and he opened fire, her family said.     

"She told me that a guy went crazy and she got shot," brother Paul Singh told the newspaper. "She was running. She was crying; she was bleeding, it was wrong."     

Tashi Wangchuk, whose wife attended the school and witnessed the shooting, said he was told by police that the gunman first shot a woman at the front desk, then continued shooting randomly in classrooms.     

Wangchuk said his wife, Dechen Wangzom, was in her nursing class when she heard gunshots. She locked the door and turned off the lights.     

The gunman "banged on the door several times and started shooting outside and left," he said. Wangchuk said no one was hurt inside, but the gunman shot out the glass in the door. He said she did not know the man.     

Art Richards said he was driving by the university on his way to pick up a friend when he spotted a woman hiding in the bushes. He pulled over, and when he approached her, she said, "I'm shot" and showed him her arm.     

"She had a piece of her arm hanging out," Richards said.     

As police arrived, Richards said he heard 10 gunshots coming from inside the building. The woman told him that she saw the gunman shoot one person point-blank in the chest and one in the head.     

Myung Soon Ma, the school's secretary, said she could not provide any details about what happened at the private school, which serves the Korean community with courses from theology to Asian medicine.    

AP