Hundreds of Oakland students held a massive walkout Tuesday in response to shootings at both Skyline High School and Laney College last week.

Skyline students walked out of class and marched off campus, demanding that more be done about the violence that’s taken place at school.

"It’s just a lot of anger and sadness and confusion on my end," Skyline junior Blake Rogers said. "The fact that we as a society let things get this bad. And it’s not just at Skyline. It’s at all OUSD schools."

Skyline went on lockdown last Wednesday when police say two students confronted a third in a campus bathroom and shot him. The wounded teen survived. Investigators say both teen suspects were armed and both face charges.

The following day, Oakland football icon John Beam was shot and killed on the Laney

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