Fruitvale BART Station, Oakland, California · 2009
Oscar Grant, a 22-year-old Black man, was fatally shot by BART Police Officer Johannes Mehserle at Oakland's Fruitvale Station in the early hours of January 1, 2009. Mehserle was later convicted of involuntary manslaughter and sentenced to two years.
Credit: Alameda County Sheriff's Department (ACSD)Public domainSourceSOLVEDListenOikos University, Airport Business Park, Oakland, California · 2012
On April 2, 2012, a gunman opened fire inside a nursing classroom at Oikos University in Oakland, California, killing seven people and wounding three others. One L. Goh, a former student, was later convicted and sentenced to consecutive life terms without parole.
Image recordEditorial useSourceSOLVEDListenDowntown Oakland, California · 2007
Oakland Post editor-in-chief Chauncey Bailey was shot to death on a downtown Oakland street on August 2, 2007, while investigating the finances of Your Black Muslim Bakery. Bakery employee Devaughndre Broussard confessed as the triggerman, and in 2011 bakery owner Yusuf Bey IV and associate Antoine Mackey were convicted of ordering and participating in the murder.
Oakland and Ben Lomond, California · 2020
In late May and early June 2020, two ambush-style attacks in California—one outside a federal courthouse in Oakland and one at a deputy's home in Ben Lomond—left a federal security officer and a sheriff's sergeant dead. Investigators tied the attacks to the boogaloo movement, which sought to exploit George Floyd protests as cover.
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One L. Goh mugshot — Credit: Alameda County Sheriff's Department (ACSD)Public domainSourceChauncey Bailey, journalist and victimEditorial useSource
Aerial view of the traffic stop at 74th Ave & MacArthur, Oakland, CA where the shootings beganEditorial useSource
Lake Merritt viewed from downtown Oakland on a sunny afternoon. The shadows of downtown high-rise buildings cast over lower buildings just to the west of the lake. At the southern tip of the Lake is the Alameda County Superior Court Building. — location anchor for the caseCC BY-SA 4.0Source6. By status: 1 unsolved and 5 solved. The count covers published files only and changes as new files clear review.
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