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Oakland Sees Mounting Plague of Gun Violence Deaths in 2020 as COVID Pandemic Rages

Dec 13, 2020
KPIX Reporter Da Lin puts Oakland's violent crime, and homicides in particular, in context.  

OAKLAND (KPIX) — When it comes to crime and safety, Oakland is a tale of two cities.

Police say their figures show that, collectively, the Lake Merritt, downtown, uptown and West Oakland neighborhoods experienced 12 homicides in the first 11 months of 2020.
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