A former nursing student was in the courtroom today in Alameda County Superior Court. The former student, 43 year old One Goh, was formally charged with seven counts of murder and three counts of attempted murder. He was charged in a complaint filed by Alameda County District Attorney Nancy O'Malley. These charges stem from an incident that took place on Monday this week at Oikos University in Oakland, CA. Mr. Goh is alleged to have gone to the school, where he was no longer a student, and opened fire in a heartless manner. Seven people were found dead and three others were wounded during the attack at Oikos University.
In addition to the numerous homicide counts that Mr. Goh is facing, he is also being charged with special circumstances of robbery, carjacking, kidnapping, as well as multiple murder in addition to gun enhancements which caused great bodily injury. Goh is said to have briefly kidnapped Kathleen Ping, a 24 year old Oikos employee from Oakland who was later found dead. In addition, Mr. Goh is alleged to have carjacked another student’s vehicle, 38 year old Tshering Bhutia of San Francisco, who was killed in the Oikos University parking lot.
At 2:00 pm today Mr. Goh was arraigned, under a heavy security detail, and he is now being held without bail at Santa Rita Jail in Alameda County, CA. Mr. Goh is possibly subject to the death penalty, or life without the possibility of parole if Mr. Goh loses his case at jury trial.
Police are investigating every aspect of this case and few details have come out at this point. Police have stated that Mr. Goh spent weeks planning to kill an administrator or other classmates at Oikos who had angered him in the past. Further, police have learned that Mr. Goh was a student studying nursing but he left the school a few months ago. In fact, one of the administrators recalls a conversation with Mr. Goh concerning a refund of tuition and this administrator believes that she was the target in this attack. Oakland Police Chief Howard Jordan said Goh has largely cooperated with investigators, offering details of his killing plan but little remorse for having allegedly carried it out.
One of the instructors at the University, Romie Delariman, stated that Mr. Goh was an eager student but was paranoid, mentally unstable and consumed by an inability to get along with women at a college where women made up the majority of the nursing faculty and student body.
After the brutal attack, Mr. Goh went to Alameda, CA. Police are not sure why he went to Alameda, as it is an island with only 2 ways in and out, but they presume that he went there to ditch the gun in the water surrounding the naval island. He wound up at a Safeway store in Alameda, where he allegedly told employees at the customer service desk, "I just shot some people." At this point, divers have been searching systematically for the murder weapon but one has not yet been located.
This story shocks me and I am sure it shocks many others out there. Every time I hear about a school shooting, it upsets me and sends chills up my spine as I remember the scenes on the tv from the school shootings at Columbine. The factor in every single one of these cases is a mental instability. In the instant case, Mr. Goh had mental issues and this was evident from his actions towards the administrators and his bully attitude. The strange thing about this case is how old Mr. Goh is- 43. Most school shootings are young adults or teenagers that do not have a strong mental grasp yet. I understand that what Mr. Goh did was wrong and absolutely hate these actions. However, I still believe that Mr. Goh has the right to the best defense he can get and I would gladly represent Mr. Goh. If you have been charged with a crime, need an expungement, a dui, or even have an infraction (traffic ticket, dog without a leash, noise complaint, give my office a call at (510)463-1643. Our rates are low due to the low overhead and we will fight your case! Visit our blog for more info at http://www.bobmortland.com
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