Seven Killed in U.S. University Shooting

A former student went on a killing spree at a Christian university in California on Monday, wounding three people and killing at least seven. The mass murders set off a manhunt that ended with an arrest at a nearby shopping center.

Police officials confirmed that the alleged killer went to Oikos University to try to find an administrator who had been involved in his expulsion from the school months earlier. When he found that she was not in the building, the 43-year-old Korean-American man attended a class and appeared to behave normally. He then pulled out a pistol and ordered students to line up against a wall. He then shot them one by one, execution-style.

Oikos Student Deborah Lee was sitting in a nearby classroom during the attack. She described the carnage to the Associated Press, saying, “During our class, I heard like gun shots, and then five, more than five, and then. The first time when I heard it, I thought it was fireworks or just joking, but right after that one woman screamed a lot, shouting, and then my teacher went outside to check and then he said one woman told them, that somebody has a gun, run, and then we all of us in class just ran away.”

Law enforcement and university officials were at a loss in trying to understand the catastrophe.

Gut-wrenching tragedies like these leave us speechless. But there is an explanation for such appalling violence. Trumpet editor in chief Gerald Flurry addressed this heartbreaking issue in 2001 after a spate of shootings in American high schools. Mr. Flurry said that these horrific tragedies are caused by rejecting God’s laws and ignoring “God’s instruction book for mankind: the Holy Bible.” Tragedies like these will increase, but the Trumpet also forecasts that Jesus Christ will soon return and teach our families and our nations to keep His laws. This will put a stop to such senseless murder—permanently.