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Takeaway(s): —None. Preventable Rating Factor(s): —None. Editor’s Note: Rarely do we encounter an incident with no preventable ratings factors but that is the case in this case. There seems to be no dispute the perpetrator was disgruntled about not receiving a tuition reimbursement for his expulsion or withdrawal from the university. However, “The information we have received from some of the individuals who knew him at the school [university] was that he was a loner and what some might call a loser, but he didn’t exhibit any behavior that would have alerted anyone” that he could commit mass murder, O’Malley [Interim District Attorney Nancy E. O’Malley] said. 1 “[Oakland, California] police Chief Howard Jordan?] say the gun used in a shooting rampage at Oikos University Monday in California was purchased legally six weeks ago.”  2 Investigators have determined that the gun they believe Goh used was obtained legally in California, but details about the weapon’s purchase were still under investigation, Watson said. “He planned this several weeks in advance,” Jordan [Oakland, California, police Chief Howard Jordan] told KTVU on Tuesday. “He was so upset he went out and purchased a weapon and had every intent to kill people yesterday.” 3 In December 2015, Alameda County Superior Court Judge Gloria Rhynes ruled that Goh suffered from schizophrenia, severe depression and a delusional disorder, and was mentally unfit to stand trial. 4 Source(s): 1. La Ganga, Maria L. and Stevens, Matt. April 4, 2012. “Oakland College Shooting: Gunman Described as Loner, Loser, D.A. Says”. Los Angeles Times. Retereived September 18, 2021, from https://latimesblogs.latimes.com/lanow/2012/04/oakland-college-shooting-suspect.html. 2. Crimesider Staff. April 3, 2012. “Gun Used in Oikos University Shooting Rampage Was Bought Legally, Police Say”. CBS News. Retereived September 18, 2021, from https://www.cbsnews.com/news/gun-used-in-oikos-university-shooting-rampage-was-bought-legally-police-say/. 3. Hayes, Ashley. April 3, 2012. “Memorial Honors Victims in California College Shooting as Police Search for Gun”. CNN. Retereived September 18, 2021, from https://www.cnn.com/2012/04/03/us/california-shooting/index.html/. 4. KQED News Staff and Wires. March 27, 2019. “Shooter Who Killed 7 at Oakland’s Oikos University Dies in Prison”. KQED. Retereived September 18, 2021, from https://www.kqed.org/news/11735920/shooter-who-killed-7-at-oaklands-oikos-university-dies-in-prison.