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Friends said Bhutia Tshering, 38, of San Francisco, was a gentle Buddhist from the Indian state of Sikkim near the Himalayan Mountains. He worked nights as a janitor at San Francisco International Airport and lived alone in the city's North Beach neighborhood. The Contra Costa Times reported he was killed when the gunman stole his car outside the university. Prem Singh, his landlord at a residential hotel, said Bhutia attended nursing school classes at Oikos in the morning. ___ Sonam Choedon, 33, of El Cerrito, grew up in India as the child of Tibetan refugees. She worked in education administration for Tibet's exiled government before moving to the San Francisco Bay area city of El Cerrito from Dharamsala, India, a year and a half ago. "Her death is really shocking to our community," said family spokesman Tenzin Tsedup, president of the Tibetan Association of Northern California, where Chodon was a member. "There are many horrific things happening in Tibet and now we have to face yet another tragedy in the U.S." Chodon had worked for five years in the Education of Central Tibetan Administration in India, Tsedup said. "She was a humble and loving person," he said. "She was a simple and very kind person." Chodon was one of many new Tibetan immigrants who enrolled at Oikos to earn nursing degrees, Tsedup said. ___ Others identified by the coroner's office as victims of the shooting were Judith Seymore, 53, of San Jose; Kim Eunhea, 23, of Union City; and Doris Chibuko, 40, of San Leandro.
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