OAKLAND, Calif., March 21, 2009
Four Cops Critically Wounded In Oakland
Suspect Killed After Traffic Stop Gone Wrong Leads To Massive Manhunt, Shootout
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Police officers block an intersection in East Oakland during an intense manhunt for two suspects who shot officers during a traffic stop. Four officers are critically wounded and one suspect is dead following the manhunt, which ended in a second exchange of gunfire, March 21, 2009. (CBS)
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Two officers were shot in the first incident just after 1 p.m. after they stopped the suspect's vehicle in east Oakland, said Oakland police spokesman Jeff Thomason.
The suspect fled the scene on foot into a nearby neighborhood, police said, leading to an intense manhunt by dozens of Oakland police, California Highway Patrol officers and Alameda County sheriff deputies. Streets were roped off and an entire area of east Oakland closed to traffic.
At about 3:30 p.m. officers, acting on an anonymous tip, found the suspect, who had barricaded himself in a building close to location of the first shooting. Gunfire was exchanged between the two parties, injuring two more officers and killing one of the suspects, reports CBS Station KPIX in San Francisco.
"We had SWAT officers go into that building and that's where the second shooting took place," said Thomason.
All four officers are in critical condition at Highland Hospital, Thomason said. Dozens of people, including other officers gathered outside the hospital, awaiting word of the officers' condition.
Authorities say the Alameda County coroner has been called to Highland Hospital in Oakland in response to the shooting but the hospital is not releasing any information yet, KPIX reports.
A visibly shaken acting Oakland Police Chief Howard Jordan said the department was still investigating.
"At this point we don't believe there are other people involved, but it's too early to tell," he said.
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Tension between police and the community has risen steadily since the fatal shooting of unarmed 22-year-old Oscar Grant by a transit police officer on Jan. 1. That officer, Johannes Mehserle, has pleaded not guilty to a murder charge. A preliminary hearing is scheduled for Monday.
Violent protests erupted on the streets of Oakland in the weeks after Grant's death, further inflaming tensions.
Hours after Saturday's shootings near a busy intersection just blocks from a police substation in east Oakland, people were still at the scene of the first shooting as police tape blocked off streets.
Mo Wiley, 32, of Oakland, said emotions still are raw from the Grant shooting.
"Oakland is a beautiful place," Wiley said. "But I just hate when it gets ugly like this."
Meanwhile about 20 people taunted police near the scene of the first shooting, saying the incidents were "payback for Oscar."
The mood was somber outside the police station in east Oakland as the investigation continued. Officers hugged and consoled each other.
"This is a highly sensitive situation that we're dealing with right now with our OPD family, and we're still trying to notify family members that their family members were hurt," Thomason said.
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Michelle Obama tells how her role as the First Lady has changed her perspective.
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See all 26 CommentsThis country is now hip deep in an organized government criminal organization called law enforcement. The only way to get rid of them other than to kill them is to bring back community policing and force the lowlife vermin to get real jobs where they have to do real work rather than terrorize the communities they police.
I don't think this country was designed to protect weak minded scum like you. Get out of America
1) they're going to lock up her baby for 5 years if its true
2) her baby is going to beat her if he finds out she's disarmed him.
Its a tough situation. With the right program, family members who know where these weapons are being kept can be encouraged to 'rat' on their loved ones without fear of retribution or having the 'long arm of the law' squash the one they love.
But, guns don't kill people...
We need 'snitch' laws: give someone $500 for a tip that results in a confiscated illegally owned weapon. Charge the perp $500 for the weapon. Set it up so that the snitch can keep their identity secret (since it would often be a family member of the perp). Keep it low key, the point being to identify and corrall the illegal weapon, NOT punish the perp. People with legally owned and operated weapons aren't in any danger.
Whats a parolee doing with a gun? That kid in Germany who killed 17: how did he get ahold of his dads gun (it should have been in a locked gun-case)? Irresponsible gun-ownership in both cases. And TRAGEDY the result.
Ohh, and one last thing: hey CBSnews? If you want the latest news on something, just go to Yahoo news. They are always up on the latest news, often by an entire day. You guys are lame as a news service.
And praise the lord for allowing that soul to rid this country of 4 abusive parasites before he was called home.
Looks like it's going to be 4 to 1
Final score seems to be in.
Looks like the people beat the goons three to one!
Outstanding ! ! ! !
Did you happen to see the cop who beat the snot out of that teenaged girl in Seattle?....oh i forgot because "she flipped her shoe off in his general direction"!!!!! As a nation we need to get this under control or i don't doubt that there will be more of this.
It is clear to me that police staffing and activity have increased greatly since the democrat regime began in 2007. Likewise Criminal Justice graduates have increased in that time. I beleive that this is in anticipation of the draconian measures Obama intends when his full economic plan is clear to the American people. We are headed for a police state very soon. We have, of course, only ourselves to blame. It is what we in the aggregate asked for. CHANGE!!!
I will pray for the officers' full recovery, and for the neighborhoods to work with the police to hold the line against criminals in their areas. The vast majority of the people who live in Oakland are not violent criminals. They and their city deserve better.
No. What's needed is some cop control.
California has the most draconian and restrictive gun-laws in the country. What's needed is a little emphasis on Criminal Control.
their right mind would want to refer anyone who's doing a crime a gentleman!
There's nothing gentle or manly about these criminals!
Its as bad as calling a woman criminal a lady!!
family for excessive force or something and if he had lived the reporters would have reported that the gunman had alleged to have shot anyone for fear of being sued for slander!
All that's thanks to lawyers defending these scumbags!!!! Shoot first and ask questions later!!
100% agreement.
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