Posts Tagged ‘shootings’
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…
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