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‘Everybody In This City Should Be Hurt;’ Emotional Oakland Police Chief Reveals Teen Girl Died In Road Rage Shooting

Oct 08, 2021
OAKLAND (CBS SF) — An emotional Oakland Police Chief LeRonne Armstrong went again before cameras Thursday to condemn the latest shooting which left a teenage girl dead, imploring members of the community to work together with police to help stop the scourge of gun violence.

At a press conference at Oakland police headquarters, Armstrong provided additional details of the shooting late Wednesday night along the 5000 block of Bancroft Ave. in the city’s Fairfax neighborhood, saying it appeared to be the result of road rage.

Officers were called to Highland Hospital at around 11:30 p.m. where a 15-year-old girl had been taken with severe gunshot wounds. She was pronounced dead at the hospital.

Armstrong said the girl had been riding in a vehicle with her uncle when he began arguing with another driver. A person or persons from the other vehicle then opened fire with a fusillade of bullets, hitting the girl with multiple rounds.

“Everybody in this city should be hurt,” said Armstrong. “I hope that everybody in this city wakes up and understands, finally, how much do we have to bring before the public, how many times do we have to cry out for help? How many times do we have to say to you that we are in a moment of crisis? Our children are in danger.”
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