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Oakland Police Officer’s Close Call Illustrates Gun Violence on Oakland Streets
Aug 04, 2022
Contact: Oakland Police Officers' Association
Phone: (510) 834-9670
Email: policeofficers@opoa.org
August 4, 2022
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Oakland Police Officer’s Close Call Illustrates Gun Violence on Oakland Streets
OAKLAND – Less than 24 hours after Oakland residents and police officers stood together at National Night Out, we came within inches of losing a police officer to the gun violence epidemic on the streets of Oakland.
Yesterday at about 2pm, a plain-clothes Oakland Police Officer was conducting surveillance on an armed robbery suspect. The officer was in an unmarked vehicle in the 3600 block of Martin Luther King Way. Without warning, two suspects, unconnected to the surveillance operation, got into a gun battle on both sides of the unmarked police vehicle with the police officer inside. These pictures reveal how the bullets riddled the unmarked car occupied by an Oakland Police Officer:
Oakland Police Officers' Association President Barry Donelan said, “Thankfully no officers or residents were injured in this gun fight. Good fortune, officer composure and team-work lead to the arrest of both felons and recovery of firearms. Now we watch and see if the courts and district attorney return these gunmen to Oakland streets or keep them in jail where they belong?”
About the Oakland Police Officers’ Association: The Oakland Police Officers’ Association (OPOA) represents all sworn members within the Oakland Police Department. Representing the hardest working Police Officers in America. The OPOA can be found on the Web at www.opoa.org.
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