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UPDATE: Oakland Police have located the vehicle involved in the reported abduction and have canceled the statewide Amber Alert. The missing girl, Ciara Thornton, was found safe in the city, the state Office of Emergency Services reported. Authorities are trying to determine whether the initial report of an abduction was legitimate.
OAKLAND, CALIF. — A statewide Amber Alert was issued for a missing 16 year-old Oakland girl who was believed to abducted by a 57 year-old man around 10 a.m. Thursday.
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Oakland Police revised the description of a getaway car used by four men who were involved in the shooting of six people at a Jack London Square restaurant and nightclub early Monday morning.
The gunfire claimed the lives of William Jenkins, 27, of Oakland and Adam Williams, 22, of San Leandro.
Police now believe that the men fled from Sweet Jimmie’s nightclub at 311 Broadway Street in a newer model, four-door White Toyota Camry after firing an assault rifle at a crowd of patrons who had assembled at the popular after hours eatery.
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Oakland Police said an early Monday morning shooting that killed 2 people and wounded 4 others near Jack London Square appeared to be a random act of violence.
Police said a gunman opened fire into a crowd of people assembled at Sweet Jimmie’s, a nightclub located at 311 Broadway Street, after a botched robbery attempt outside the club at 12:45 a.m.
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An Oakland man who allegedly shot two people, one of them fatally Saturday evening turned himself into authorities after fleeing the Bay Area, according to Oakland Police.
Police said Douglas Yim Jr. was placed under arrest by police officers in Firebaugh, Calif., a small town in Fresno County located directly east of Interstate 5 early Monday morning.
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An Oakland man who allegedly shot two people, killing one of them, is now on the United States Marshals Service’s list of the 15 most wanted fugitives in the country.
Authorities said Sean Michael Sullivan, 32, invited the two victims over to his East Oakland home on the 7800 block of Outlook Ave. on November 3, 2010 seeking payment on a debt that he was owed.
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Oakland Police Chief Anthony Batts announced this morning that he will continue to lead the department of the crime-battered city, after telling reporters last week that he could not commit to staying in Oakland long-term because of what he said was lack of support for police from City Hall.
Batts, who has been Oakland’s police chief for 15 months, said in a statement that he decided to stay in the position after engaging in numerous conversations with Mayor Jean Quan and other city officials.
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Oakland Mayor Jean Quan announced Monday that the city will hire back 10 of the 80 police officers laid off last July after negotiations between the city and police union failed.
Quan also said she will find the money to improve the department’s patrol cars, radios and computers.
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Police identified the man shot to death by officers in a quiet Rockridge District neighborhood Saturday morning as Matthew Cicelski, 39, of Oakland.
Police said Cicelski was “prancing” and “patrolling” in front of his former girlfriend’s home on the 5500 block of Taft Avenue at 9:30 a.m. Saturday armed with a replica assault rifle and a knife.
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Two fatal officer-involved shootings, lingering questions about the commitment of its police chief, and startling revelations about a communications meltdown between officers and emergency dispatchers during a dangerous chase last week have stoked public concern about the Oakland Police Department — an agency that appears to be functioning in crisis mode.
Police Chief Anthony Batts said Thursday that he was unsure if he would stay with the beleaguered department — one that has seen its uniformed force shrink from 805 officers when he began his tenure in 2009 to the 656 officers presently serving — after he was not chosen for the vacant police chief position in San Jose.
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Oakland Police are investigating a fatal officer-involved shooting that happened in the city’s Rockridge District Saturday morning.
Police said officers responded to a disturbance on the 5500 block of Taft Avenue at 9:30 a.m. for a report of a man acting strangely and pacing up and down the street in front of his former girlfriend’s home.
