What began as a joyful graduation celebration at Skyline High School in Oakland ended in gunfire and chaos that sent three people to the hospital Thursday evening, Oakland police said.

The shooting occurred just before 7:45 p.m. in the parking lot of the school at 12250 Skyline Blvd. in the Oakland hills as people were leaving the graduation ceremony, according to Oakland police.

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Dan McMenamin is the managing editor at Bay City News, directing daily news coverage of the 12-county greater Bay Area. He has worked for BCN since 2008 and has been managing editor since 2014 after previously serving as BCN’s San Francisco bureau reporter. A UC Davis graduate, he came to BCN after working for a newspaper and nonprofit in the Davis area. He handles staffing, including coaching of our interns, day-to-day coverage decisions and management of the newswire.