US college shootout: 7 killed, NRI among injured

A 19-year-old Indian-American student sustained bullet injuries after one of her classmates forced students to stand against a wall and opened indiscriminate fire killing seven at a religious college in California.

A 19-year-old Indian-American student sustained bullet injuries after one of her classmates forced students to stand against a wall and opened indiscriminate fire killing seven at a religious college in California.

Dawinder Kaur was shot in her right arm near elbow and was nursing her injuries at a local hospital in Oakland where the shooting incident happened on Monday sending shock waves across the country.

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The alleged suspect has been arrested by the Oakland Police which local media outlets identified as 43-year-old One Goh - an American of Korean origin.

Several of the victims were students of the Oikos University - a small religious college in this Southern Californian city.

According to Oakland Tribune Kaur told her family members that the alleged gunman who had been absent from his class for past several months suddenly appeared on Tuesday and ordered all the students to line up against a wall.

“He showed his gun and then the students started running” Kaur told relatives. She was shot in the arm as she helped a friend who had fallen on the classroom s floor; she then ran outside and called her brother Paul Singh, the daily reported.