Saturday, March 21, 2009

3 Officers Dead in California Shootings

3 Officers Dead in California Shootings......Oakland, three policemen and one suspect were killed and another is in a critical condition after two shots on Saturday, the first after a brake light and the second after a game ends in d attack "weapons, he said the police. Two policemen were killed in the first incident shortly after 1 hours after a suspect vehicle in East Oakland, the police spokesman said Jeff Oakland Thomason.The issuing authority fleeing on foot in a quiet neighborhood, said police, This results in an intense police hunt for dozens of Oakland, California Highway Patrol and sheriffs deputies from Alameda County. The streets are a cable and Oakland is for automobile traffic. Around 3:30 pm the staff in an anonymous, found the suspects, barricaded in a residential building, police said. According to police, the suspect, 27 years Lovells Mixon, Oakland, shot an assault rifle in the staff moved into the building to stop. Two policemen were killed and a third was covered with grass with a bullet, police said. Police Chief Howard Jordan said Oakland police responded to Mixon dead. The dead were identified as Sgt. Mark Dunakin, 40, was killed in the first shot. The two SWAT team members were killed in second place was Sgt Ervin novels, 43, and Sergeant Daniel Sakai, John Hege 35, 41 years, is in a critical condition. Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger said it was a tragic day for the police. "The four officers their lives for public safety and has worked with dedication to protect the people of Oakland," he said in a statement. "Our thoughts and prayers are with the families of the victims, police in Oakland and the application of the law in California at this difficult time." According to police, Mixon with two different weapons, from the first scene and the other in the building where it hides. On Saturday, hours after the intake near a busy intersection a few blocks from a police station in Oakland, people were still at the scene of the first plans for the band of police blocked the streets. Wiley MB, 32, Oakland, said that feelings remain pure shooting grant. "Oakland is a beautiful city," said John Wiley & Sons. "But I hate when that bad." The tension between the police and continued after the death of unarmed ball 22 years, Oscar grant agreement by a police officer at the departure station, on 1 January-Oakland. Bay Area, the former officials of the fast, John Mehserle, pleaded not guilty to a charge of murder. A preliminary hearing is scheduled for Monday. Violent protests in the streets of Oakland, in the weeks after the award of death, tensions remain essential. On Saturday afternoon, about 20 people narG the police near the scene of the first plans. A group of ministers came to the hospital in Oakland for their condolences and prayers to the families of officers injured and dozens of police officers who gathered there in Oakland. They said that on Sunday morning to urge their members of the business community can not be torn. Pastor Raymond Lankford, Director General of Health of Oakland, urged people to continue their support to employees and their families. "What the officials, this is a difficult job," said Lankford. "We need love, need for support. You know that behind them." The atmosphere was dark outside the police station in Oakland, and the flag at half mast. Officials clasped and comforted each other. "This is probably one of the worst incidents have occurred in the history of the Oakland police," said Thomason.

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