Memorial fund set up for Pinay killed in Oakland shooting

A memorial fund has been set up for the 24-year-old Filipina who was among the seven victims killed in a recent shooting rampage at a small Christian college in California.

 

Early this week, Filipina secretary Kathleen Ping was taken hostage and shot point-blank in a classroom during the murder spree at the Oikos University in Oakland, California.

 

According to an article posted on the Asian Journal, an account called the Kathleen Ping Memorial Fund has been set up at financial service provider Wells Fargo for donations to cover Ping's funeral expenses.

 

The report said those interested to help may call the number (510) 483-4440.

 

The Asian Journal said that Ping, who left behind a four-year-old son, was called the "rock" of her family.

 

Ping reportedly immigrated from the Philippines in 2007 along with her mother, brother, and two younger sisters.

 

She studied nursing at Heald College in San Francisco and started working at Oikos eight months ago.

 

Her father Liberty, however, was quoted in the Asian Journal report as saying that Ping is now "in a better place."

 

"She's with the Lord. "She's in a better place right now," he said.

 

Aside from Ping, six students were also killed by suspected Korean gunman One Goh, himself a former student at Oikos. - VVP, GMA News