Oakland Police Chief LeRonne Armstrong had a simple message Tuesday outside City Hall in the wake of a spree of deadly shootings in the city: put down the guns.
Oakland Police Chief LeRonne Armstrong had a simple message Tuesday outside City Hall in the wake of a"Six homicides in four days. Give us a break. Give this community a break," said the top cop,"It's a terrible experience for all of us to have to come before our city and beg for the help that we need. That help really exists within our community," Armstrong said.
Grisham said, "It takes all of us to make a difference. It's not a racial issue. All races are being affected by the violence. But the one thing about it is, you can help make a difference as well "We come together today so that when our babies die, you feel it. It's not just something to pass by, or to flip or go to like it's a commercial," she said.On Friday night, Daven Woolfok, 36 ,and Tyrone Banks, 46, werenear 29th and Martin Luther King Jr. Way in West Oakland. Mortally wounded, Banks, who was driving a car, then ran over and killed bicyclist Tonnell Williams, 48.
On Sunday, Kapree Anderson, 22, was found shot and killed in a car that crashed on Park Boulevard near Brooklyn Avenue.neighborhood was shot and wounded in what police said was "not a deliberate school shooting." A 12 year old was taken into custody
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