Man accused of shooting Fremont officer apprehended
on August 30, 2010
After a chase that ran from Oakland to the California-Mexican border, Andrew Barrientos, 20, was arrested Saturday afternoon on charges of shooting a Fremont police officer twice in the abdomen, according to an article in the San Jose Mercury news. Officer Todd Young was attempting to serve Barrientos with a search warrant in the 2000 block of Aueson Ave. in Oakland when the shooting took place. The Merc has the full story.
And to pump our own stories a bit today – the new team has been churning out copy after a long weekend spent all over town. From recording the mini-drama of a sit-in at the Golden Gate Childhood Development Center to learning about scraper bike safety from Oakland’s own scraper bike king, Baybe Champ, they have left no stone unturned.
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