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One dead in triple East Oakland shooting & Police union lambasts city council for ignoring the violence

Dec 08, 2020
OAKLAND — In the wake of the city’s 100th murder Monday night, the police union on Tuesday accused the City Council of “ignoring the tidal wave of bloodshed, murder and violence” that citizens and police officers “are experiencing daily.”

The statement was released by Sgt. Barry Donelan, president of the Oakland Police Officers Association, who also referred to statistics that show a 63 percent increase in the city over last year in murders and non-fatal shootings.

“Despite the toll of violence, there is silence from city hall,” Donelan said.

Monday night’s shooting in East Oakland claimed the life of a 26-year-old Stockton man and left another man and a woman wounded.

With the killing, Oakland police have now investigated 107 homicides this year of which 100 are classified as murders, authorities said. The last time Oakland recorded 100 murders or more was in 2012 when 125 of the city’s 131 homicides were classified as murders. For all of 2019, Oakland had 78 homicides of which 75 were considered murders.

The name of the man killed has not been released.

The man wounded is a 22-year-old Stockton resident who was in the same vehicle as the man killed, authorities said. He is in critical condition at a hospital.

The woman wounded is a 19-year-old Vacaville resident, authorities said. She got her own transportation to a hospital where she is in stable condition. Police have not yet said how she was involved in the shooting.

The shooting happened about 7:49 p.m. Monday in the area of Green Acre Road and MacArthur Boulevard not far from Interstate 580. Community members initially flagged down officers at Enos Avenue and MacArthur Boulevard.

Officers found the two wounded Stockton men inside a vehicle that had been riddled with bullets. The 26-year-old man was pronounced dead at the scene and the other man was taken to a hospital.

Soon after, officers learned the woman victim had turned up at a hospital in a different vehicle.

Police have not yet said why the three shot were in Oakland or what the motive is for the shooting. They have also not yet said if the woman knew the two men.

No arrests have been announced.

Streets in the area, including an on-ramp to I-580, were shut down while officers canvassed the area and technicians recovered evidence.
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