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Oakland leaders on city’s recent crime surge

Sep 04, 2022
OAKLAND, Calif. (KRON) – Another violent weekend has occurred in the city of Oakland.

Since Friday afternoon there have been two deadly shootings in west Oakland and a man was shot on BART. “We’ve had so much bad news about all the shootings and killing in our city but unfortunately it’s not surprising,” said Carl Chan, President of the Oakland Chinatown Chamber of Commerce.

In less than 24 hours, four men were killed in west Oakland. Three men in a Friday night shooting and car crash on Martin Luther King Jr. Way and 27th Street.
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