Overview
- Emergency crews from the Oakland Fire Department and Oakland police responded to Castlemont High in East Oakland after a reported assault that resulted in a student being taken to a hospital Thursday morning.
- Fire officials said they were dispatched at about 10:23 a.m. and found one patient who needed medical attention, though the person’s condition has not been publicly released.
- Witnesses and video from the scene showed a student wrapped in gauze on a stretcher and multiple police vehicles outside the campus as officers investigated.
- Oakland Unified placed Castlemont on secure‑school status, police detained several people in connection with the fight with at least one person later released, and investigators have not yet disclosed a motive or identified a suspect.
- The incident adds to recent violence-related concerns in the district, following a July killing at an adult education campus, and parents are raising questions about on-campus phone rules and emergency communication.