The campus is operated by Oakland Unified School District as an adult school. Twenty people were at the resource center during the incident.
James Beere, chief of police with the Oakland Police Department, speaks at a press conference at Oakland City Hall on Oct. 23, 2025. Beere said he believes the incident was not a random act but personally motivated.
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One person is dead and another injured after a shooting on an East Oakland school campus on Friday morning.
Oakland Police said that just before 9 a.m., they responded to shots fired at the Parker Community Resource Center on Ney Avenue, where Oakland Unified School District operates an adult education program.
On the scene, officers located two victims in their 20s with gunshot wounds.
According to Police Chief James Beere, officers attempted to administer lifesaving support before one of the victims was pronounced dead. The other victim was transferred to a local hospital and is in stable condition.
“This is a very tragic incident; it’s heartbreaking,” Beere said at a news conference on Friday afternoon.
