This is the scariest area of Oakland that I work. It is gangbanger central, My Partner and I took an old woman home from the hospital to a home on 74th in our ambulance one block down from McArthur at dusk and it scared the piss out of us just 2 weeks ago. I have probably spoken to at least one of the dead officers.
this has me all tore up
May they rest in peace
OAKLAND - Four Oakland police officers were shot to death in two separate incidents involving one suspect near the Eastmont police substation this afternoon, law enforcement sources said.
The first shooting happened in the 7400 block of McArthur Boulevard at 1:16 p.m. today when two motorcycle officers were wounded. What led to the shooting was not immediately known.
About 3:20 p.m., two more police officers were wounded in an exchange of gunfire with the suspect while trying to take him into custody in the 2700 block of 74th Avenue. That suspect was shot and killed.
Officers were walking to the substation consoling each other, some visibly crying, to attend a news conference at 4:30 p.m.
A man who did not want his name to be used and works at a barber shop on the corner of McArthur Boulevard and 73rd Avenue, said he heard gunshots from outside and went down the block where he saw two officers laying on the ground near each other.
"I went over to one officer and saw he was bleeding from his helmet pretty bad," he said. "The other officer was laying motionless."
He said the officer lying near a car had two gun shot bullets near in his face. One bullet was lodged in his jaw and the other in his neck.
The man proceeded to give the officer CPR until police arrived on the scene, he said.
Dozens of Oakland police, California Highway Patrol officers and Alameda County sheriff deputies had cordoned off stretches of blocks around 73rd and 74th avenues and McArthur Boulevard. Helicopters hovered for hours over the crime scene. Officers staked out the neighborhood trying to find the suspects involved.
No one could remember when four officers were shot in the line of duty on the same day.
this has me all tore up
May they rest in peace
OAKLAND - Four Oakland police officers were shot to death in two separate incidents involving one suspect near the Eastmont police substation this afternoon, law enforcement sources said.
The first shooting happened in the 7400 block of McArthur Boulevard at 1:16 p.m. today when two motorcycle officers were wounded. What led to the shooting was not immediately known.
About 3:20 p.m., two more police officers were wounded in an exchange of gunfire with the suspect while trying to take him into custody in the 2700 block of 74th Avenue. That suspect was shot and killed.
Officers were walking to the substation consoling each other, some visibly crying, to attend a news conference at 4:30 p.m.
A man who did not want his name to be used and works at a barber shop on the corner of McArthur Boulevard and 73rd Avenue, said he heard gunshots from outside and went down the block where he saw two officers laying on the ground near each other.
"I went over to one officer and saw he was bleeding from his helmet pretty bad," he said. "The other officer was laying motionless."
He said the officer lying near a car had two gun shot bullets near in his face. One bullet was lodged in his jaw and the other in his neck.
The man proceeded to give the officer CPR until police arrived on the scene, he said.
Dozens of Oakland police, California Highway Patrol officers and Alameda County sheriff deputies had cordoned off stretches of blocks around 73rd and 74th avenues and McArthur Boulevard. Helicopters hovered for hours over the crime scene. Officers staked out the neighborhood trying to find the suspects involved.
No one could remember when four officers were shot in the line of duty on the same day.
this guy will be a new underground hero and they'll probably make a grand theft auto video game in his honor.
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