Posts Tagged ‘Carlos Nava’
Oakland police chief, mayor respond to spate of shootings that left 4 dead in 24 hours
Police Chief Howard Jordan and Mayor Jean Quan held a press conference Monday afternoon to condemn the recent spate of violence that resulted in four homicides in Oakland last Friday.
Read MoreAs reported shootings rise, analyzing gun violence, and its effect on young people, in Oakland
Scid Howard III grew up on the streets of East Oakland, so he knows what it’s like to be a teenager in a city where some young people are lost forever to gun violence and others live on, scarred physically and mentally. Howard himself was shot at age 19 and witnessed the shooting death of…
Read MoreA rise in homicides, including the deaths of three children, concerns anti-violence proponents
Carlos Nava, a 3-year-old, was killed by a stray bullet in a drive-by shooting in East Oakland on August 9. Less than three months later, 23-month-old Hiram Lawrence was shot in the head by a stray bullet in West Oakland on November 28, and died two weeks after that when he was taken off life…
Read MoreDefendants in Nava, Rodas murder cases enter not guilty pleas
Both sets of defendants in two of the highest-profile Oakland murder cases of the summer pled not guilty in Alameda County Superior Court on Monday afternoon.
Read MoreOPD makes second arrest in shooting of three-year-old
The Oakland Police Department announced Monday that officers have arrested a second suspect in connection with the drive-by shooting death of 3-year-old Carlos Nava in East Oakland last week.
Read MoreMurder charges filed in drive-by death of three-year-old
The Alameda County District Attorney’s Office has filed murder charges against 26-year-old Lawrence Denard for the murder of three-year-old Carlos Nava, the Oakland Police Department announced this afternoon
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