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Roo · Mar 22nd, 2009, 03:14 AM

3 Oakland officers killed, one critically hurt

Jaxon Van Derbeken, Demian Bulwa,Carolyn Jones, Chronicle Staff Writers
Sunday, March 22, 2009

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(03-21) 22:55 PDT OAKLAND -- Three Oakland police sergeants were shot and killed and a fourth officer was critically wounded Saturday in a pair of related incidents that together rank among the deadliest attacks on law enforcement in California history.

A fifth officer, a member of the SWAT team that killed the suspect police held responsible for the shootings, was treated for minor injuries and released.

The first incident happened about 1:15 p.m. when two traffic officers were gunned down after what police described as a "routine" stop of a 1995 Buick in the 7400 block of MacArthur Boulevard in East Oakland, not far from the Eastmont Town Center.

About two hours later, after some 200 officers from Oakland Police, Alameda County Sheriff's Office, BART Police and the California Highway Patrol combed the area for the suspect, three SWAT officers were shot when their team found him hidden in an apartment on 74th Avenue near Hillside Street, police officials said.

In all, two SWAT officers and one traffic officer died in the two incidents; one traffic officer was on life support late Saturday.

"In these moments, words are extraordinarily inadequate," Oakland Mayor Ron Dellums told reporters at a news conference Saturday night at Oakland police headquarters. "We come together in shock, in grief, in sadness and sorrow. Our hearts go out to the officers' families who are experiencing a level of tragedy that goes beyond our ability to comprehend."

"These folks leave their homes in the morning, with every expectation of returning," Dellums said, "but they did not."

Killed Saturday were motorcycle officer Sgt. Mark Dunakin, 40, and Sgts. Ervin Romans, 43, and Daniel Sakai, 35, both members of the SWAT team. The other motorcycle officer, John Hege, 41, was in grave condition, officials said.

The suspect, whom police identified as Lovelle Mixon, 26, of Oakland, shot at the SWAT officers, who "returned fire in defense of their lives," said Officer Jeff Thomason, a department spokesman. The suspect, who police believe was acting alone, was killed. Officials said the suspect was on parole after being convicted of assault with a deadly weapon and was also wanted on a no-bail warrant. Officials did not explain the nature of the warrant.

"All four officers dedicated their lives to public safety and selflessly worked to protect the people of Oakland," Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger said in a statement. "Maria and I join the Bay Area in remembering their service and honoring their sacrifice."

Schwarzenegger said Capitol flags would be flown at half-staff. He is flying from Washington to Oakland Sunday to meet with the mayor and Howard Jordan, Oakland's acting police chief.

Oakland City Council member Larry Reid called the incident "one of the worst days in the history of Oakland."

Saturday's shooting appears to be one of the state's most horrific police killings.

The most notorious such slaying is referred to as the "Newhall incident," a Los Angeles County shootout in 1970 that left four California Highway Patrol officers dead and changed the way state law enforcement officers approach high-risk stops.

Saturday evening, as word of the shootings circulated in the Bay Area's law enforcement community, about 100 officers gathered outside the entrance to Oakland's Highland Hospital emergency room, waiting desperately for information about their fallen colleagues. Some of them were wearing SWAT gear, while others were wearing baseball jerseys after having raced to the hospital from a game.

At the Oakland Police Officers Association office near Jack London Square, hundreds of officers assembled to mourn their colleagues.

"It's shock and disbelief," said Oakland Police Sgt. David Faeth. "We lost a lot of good people today. Good officers, good friends. It hasn't really set in yet."
Shortly after the 9 p.m. press conference, religious leaders from the Oakland community formed an impromptu prayer circle.

Pastor David Kietley of Shiloh Christian Church said, "Let us pray for the Shalom of this city and for peace to reign in every part of this city."

First reports of the incident came from a 911 call at 1:16 p.m., reporting that two officers had been shot, possibly with an assault-type rifle. The suspect fled from the scene on foot, sparking a door-to-door manhunt in East Oakland that involved officers from at least five law enforcement agencies.

An anonymous tipster told police that the suspect was in an apartment building just blocks from the original shooting. The SWAT team was called to the site and took control of the area around the building. After repeated attempts to communicate with the suspect, SWAT officers entered the building around 3:30 p.m.

According to law enforcement sources, the SWAT team officers entered an apartment and approached a closet. Suddenly the gunman, hiding in the closet, opened fire through the door, killing two officers and wounding a third. Officers fired back, killing the gunman.

All during the afternoon, from the time, just after lunch, when the shootings started, until it became dark, East Oakland was swarming with police cars, dozens of them parked on block after block, as officers conducted their investigation and neighbors came out and stood on the sidewalk, watching.

On nearby 73rd Avenue, a man who declined to give his name said he was working in his backyard when he heard four gunshots, followed by a four-second pause, then two more gunshots. It was the start of the first incident.

He looked up and saw a police officer running down MacArthur Boulevard with a gun drawn, heading toward the Dolphin Pharmacy, in front of which the shootings occurred. Within seconds dozens of police cars and helicopters descended on the intersection, he said.

Another neighbor, Antonay Jackson, said she saw officers visibly shaken, some with bowed heads, as they began taking pictures and taping off the crime scene.

"It's crazy," she said. "The police station is right there. We can see it. I don't know, this is too close to home."

Neighbors described the site of the second shootings as an older, two-story, cream-colored eight-plex apartment building on a usually quiet block.

Beatriz Gomez, who runs Beatriz Hair Style salon on 73rd Avenue, said she and her customers were frightened when they saw dozens of police officers swarming around her store, which backs up to the apartment building on 74th Avenue.

"I never saw so many police," she said. "We were scared. We didn't know what happened. Customers were calling all day to see if we were OK. But it's sad - the police do a good job protecting us."

Hours after the shooting, dozens of officers still surrounded the shooting sites, with Oakland police joined by CHP officers, Alameda County sheriff's deputies and BART police.

Young people gathered on street corners, as police shut down parts of MacArthur Boulevard and Hillside Street to make room for investigators.

Keith Sykes, who lives behind the apartment building where the suspect was killed, knew there was trouble when he heard the rush of sirens.
"When you see six or seven police cars, you know a cop's been hurt," he said.

Neighbors said they didn't believe that the gunman lived in the building where he was slain, but said "there's a lot of fussing" in that apartment building.

"It's sad," said Mark Green, another local resident. "I'll tell you this much, I'm going to church tonight."

There have been problems in that neighborhood.

Oakland police opened a substation at the Eastmont Town Center in 1992, responding to neighborhood complaints about crime and violence in the area. But the substation, built in an old tire shop, did not end the neighborhood's troubles.

In 1996, a rowdy rap concert in the mall turned into a melee, with a crowd lobbing bottles and rocks at police, cars and buses. Some of the concertgoers started racing their cars up and down the streets, and two men died after their car crashed through the fence of a nearby school playground.

In 1999, an Oakland police technician was shot at outside the police substation. In 2002, Michelle Horton of San Leandro was shot and killed as she drove on Bancroft Avenue near the mall.

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midg613 · Mar 22nd, 2009, 03:40 AM

RIP my fellow brothers in Blue.

Prayers for the wounded officer.

kpanda21 · Mar 22nd, 2009, 04:51 AM

My prayers to the families of those injured and fallen officers. I am so, so sorry for their loss.

I hope the people in the community come together over this and realize that they must cooperate with police in order to reclaim their town.

missisa07 · Mar 22nd, 2009, 06:45 AM

This is incredibly sad...

RIP to those that passed and my prayers go out to the family, friends, and colleagues they left behind.

Irishgal · Mar 22nd, 2009, 03:31 PM

The 4th officer has passed. Prayers to the family, friends and fellow officers. God speed gentlemen, your watch here has ended.

Roo · Mar 22nd, 2009, 07:16 PM

Fourth Oakland officer declared brain dead

Matthew B. Stannard, Chronicle Staff Writer
Sunday, March 22, 2009

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(03-22) 12:15 PDT OAKLAND -- An Oakland Police officer shot Saturday during a series of gunbattles that claimed the lives of three other officers was declared brain dead this morning, Oakland police said today.

Motorcycle officer John Hege, 41, had been in grave condition after being shot during a traffic stop at about 1:15 p.m. Saturday. He was pronounced dead at noon today, according to Oakland police spokesman Jeff Thomason. Hege's fellow motorcycle officer, Sgt. Mark Dunakin, died at the scene of that shooting.

Two hours later, a SWAT team exchanged gunfire with a suspect in an apartment on 74th Avenue near Hillside Street. Two SWAT officers, Sgt. Ervin Romans and Sgt. Daniel Sakai, died in that battle as did the suspect, identified by police as Lovelle Mixon, 26.

A fifth member of the SWAT team was also shot, treated for minor injuries and released.

http://sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cg...MNCT16L53S.DTL

JBmom86 · Mar 22nd, 2009, 07:43 PM

This is so very, very sad.
RIP.

sooner_girl20 · Mar 22nd, 2009, 07:45 PM

how heartbreaking to read. RIP.

Jahpson · Mar 23rd, 2009, 02:05 PM

omg, that is so scary! My half brother and my SO's older brother are both policemen!

NoSnowHere · Mar 24th, 2009, 05:44 PM

This just makes me sick. This dude obviously had nothing to lose & no regard for human life. I hope he's burning up in hell right now.

kristie · Mar 30th, 2009, 04:14 AM

Thank you for posting Roo. I cannot even express the sadness and grief over the loss over these four amazing and kind officers. I am a police officer very very close to Oakland and this situation is heart wrenching.

My prayers are with these officers, their families, coworkers and my fellow brothers and sisters in blue.

It makes me sick. There were people CLAPPING AND CHEERING and DANCING over the traffic officer's bodies after they were shot and killed. Only TWO citizens even called 911. The officers memorial sites where they were shot have been covered in spray paint with the SUSPECT's name stating "RIP"

Makes me literally sick.

I need to remember that the animals that cheer and clap when an officer is killed are the minority, not the majority.

zoharzohar · Mar 30th, 2009, 05:30 AM

^fox news did a special on this and had the head guy who organized those idiotic rally's, he also had the former mayor of SF on [both african american] and it was crazy what the guy who organized those marches said, he said that those cops deserved to be shot because oakland police are violent and like an army who force AA's males into jail without due cause. What a prick. Bill O'riley ripped him a new arse hole.

happeekore · Mar 31st, 2009, 07:21 PM

My mom went to the funeral,

It was great to see officers from so many states coming to pay their respect.

Some pictures she took...

Jahpson · Mar 31st, 2009, 07:24 PM

Originally Posted by zoharzohar

^fox news did a special on this and had the head guy who organized those idiotic rally's, he also had the former mayor of SF on [both african american] and it was crazy what the guy who organized those marches said, he said that those cops deserved to be shot because oakland police are violent and like an army who force AA's males into jail without due cause. What a prick. Bill O'riley ripped him a new arse hole.

well not all 'african americans' are against the police. some of us respect the law.

NoSnowHere · Apr 2nd, 2009, 09:25 AM

Does anyone know if the officers were wearing vests?

Mar 22nd, 2009, 03:14 AM	#1
Roo OP lemme know Joined: Apr 2006 Location: Rue Roo Posts: 13,077	Four Police Officers Killed In the Line of Duty in One DAY- update 3 Oakland officers killed, one critically hurt Jaxon Van Derbeken, Demian Bulwa,Carolyn Jones, Chronicle Staff Writers Sunday, March 22, 2009 More... (03-21) 22:55 PDT OAKLAND -- Three Oakland police sergeants were shot and killed and a fourth officer was critically wounded Saturday in a pair of related incidents that together rank among the deadliest attacks on law enforcement in California history. A fifth officer, a member of the SWAT team that killed the suspect police held responsible for the shootings, was treated for minor injuries and released. The first incident happened about 1:15 p.m. when two traffic officers were gunned down after what police described as a "routine" stop of a 1995 Buick in the 7400 block of MacArthur Boulevard in East Oakland, not far from the Eastmont Town Center. About two hours later, after some 200 officers from Oakland Police, Alameda County Sheriff's Office, BART Police and the California Highway Patrol combed the area for the suspect, three SWAT officers were shot when their team found him hidden in an apartment on 74th Avenue near Hillside Street, police officials said. In all, two SWAT officers and one traffic officer died in the two incidents; one traffic officer was on life support late Saturday. "In these moments, words are extraordinarily inadequate," Oakland Mayor Ron Dellums told reporters at a news conference Saturday night at Oakland police headquarters. "We come together in shock, in grief, in sadness and sorrow. Our hearts go out to the officers' families who are experiencing a level of tragedy that goes beyond our ability to comprehend." "These folks leave their homes in the morning, with every expectation of returning," Dellums said, "but they did not." Killed Saturday were motorcycle officer Sgt. Mark Dunakin, 40, and Sgts. Ervin Romans, 43, and Daniel Sakai, 35, both members of the SWAT team. The other motorcycle officer, John Hege, 41, was in grave condition, officials said. The suspect, whom police identified as Lovelle Mixon, 26, of Oakland, shot at the SWAT officers, who "returned fire in defense of their lives," said Officer Jeff Thomason, a department spokesman. The suspect, who police believe was acting alone, was killed. Officials said the suspect was on parole after being convicted of assault with a deadly weapon and was also wanted on a no-bail warrant. Officials did not explain the nature of the warrant. "All four officers dedicated their lives to public safety and selflessly worked to protect the people of Oakland," Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger said in a statement. "Maria and I join the Bay Area in remembering their service and honoring their sacrifice." Schwarzenegger said Capitol flags would be flown at half-staff. He is flying from Washington to Oakland Sunday to meet with the mayor and Howard Jordan, Oakland's acting police chief. Oakland City Council member Larry Reid called the incident "one of the worst days in the history of Oakland." Saturday's shooting appears to be one of the state's most horrific police killings. The most notorious such slaying is referred to as the "Newhall incident," a Los Angeles County shootout in 1970 that left four California Highway Patrol officers dead and changed the way state law enforcement officers approach high-risk stops. Saturday evening, as word of the shootings circulated in the Bay Area's law enforcement community, about 100 officers gathered outside the entrance to Oakland's Highland Hospital emergency room, waiting desperately for information about their fallen colleagues. Some of them were wearing SWAT gear, while others were wearing baseball jerseys after having raced to the hospital from a game. At the Oakland Police Officers Association office near Jack London Square, hundreds of officers assembled to mourn their colleagues. "It's shock and disbelief," said Oakland Police Sgt. David Faeth. "We lost a lot of good people today. Good officers, good friends. It hasn't really set in yet." Shortly after the 9 p.m. press conference, religious leaders from the Oakland community formed an impromptu prayer circle. Pastor David Kietley of Shiloh Christian Church said, "Let us pray for the Shalom of this city and for peace to reign in every part of this city." First reports of the incident came from a 911 call at 1:16 p.m., reporting that two officers had been shot, possibly with an assault-type rifle. The suspect fled from the scene on foot, sparking a door-to-door manhunt in East Oakland that involved officers from at least five law enforcement agencies. An anonymous tipster told police that the suspect was in an apartment building just blocks from the original shooting. The SWAT team was called to the site and took control of the area around the building. After repeated attempts to communicate with the suspect, SWAT officers entered the building around 3:30 p.m. According to law enforcement sources, the SWAT team officers entered an apartment and approached a closet. Suddenly the gunman, hiding in the closet, opened fire through the door, killing two officers and wounding a third. Officers fired back, killing the gunman. All during the afternoon, from the time, just after lunch, when the shootings started, until it became dark, East Oakland was swarming with police cars, dozens of them parked on block after block, as officers conducted their investigation and neighbors came out and stood on the sidewalk, watching. On nearby 73rd Avenue, a man who declined to give his name said he was working in his backyard when he heard four gunshots, followed by a four-second pause, then two more gunshots. It was the start of the first incident. He looked up and saw a police officer running down MacArthur Boulevard with a gun drawn, heading toward the Dolphin Pharmacy, in front of which the shootings occurred. Within seconds dozens of police cars and helicopters descended on the intersection, he said. Another neighbor, Antonay Jackson, said she saw officers visibly shaken, some with bowed heads, as they began taking pictures and taping off the crime scene. "It's crazy," she said. "The police station is right there. We can see it. I don't know, this is too close to home." Neighbors described the site of the second shootings as an older, two-story, cream-colored eight-plex apartment building on a usually quiet block. Beatriz Gomez, who runs Beatriz Hair Style salon on 73rd Avenue, said she and her customers were frightened when they saw dozens of police officers swarming around her store, which backs up to the apartment building on 74th Avenue. "I never saw so many police," she said. "We were scared. We didn't know what happened. Customers were calling all day to see if we were OK. But it's sad - the police do a good job protecting us." Hours after the shooting, dozens of officers still surrounded the shooting sites, with Oakland police joined by CHP officers, Alameda County sheriff's deputies and BART police. Young people gathered on street corners, as police shut down parts of MacArthur Boulevard and Hillside Street to make room for investigators. Keith Sykes, who lives behind the apartment building where the suspect was killed, knew there was trouble when he heard the rush of sirens. "When you see six or seven police cars, you know a cop's been hurt," he said. Neighbors said they didn't believe that the gunman lived in the building where he was slain, but said "there's a lot of fussing" in that apartment building. "It's sad," said Mark Green, another local resident. "I'll tell you this much, I'm going to church tonight." There have been problems in that neighborhood. Oakland police opened a substation at the Eastmont Town Center in 1992, responding to neighborhood complaints about crime and violence in the area. But the substation, built in an old tire shop, did not end the neighborhood's troubles. In 1996, a rowdy rap concert in the mall turned into a melee, with a crowd lobbing bottles and rocks at police, cars and buses. Some of the concertgoers started racing their cars up and down the streets, and two men died after their car crashed through the fence of a nearby school playground. In 1999, an Oakland police technician was shot at outside the police substation. In 2002, Michelle Horton of San Leandro was shot and killed as she drove on Bancroft Avenue near the mall. http://sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cg...BA8H16L3BI.DTL
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Mar 22nd, 2009, 03:40 AM	#2
midg613 Louis! Louis! Louis! Joined: Aug 2007 Location: Texas Posts: 743	RIP my fellow brothers in Blue. Prayers for the wounded officer.
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Mar 22nd, 2009, 04:51 AM	#3
kpanda21 Member Joined: Aug 2006 Posts: 326	My prayers to the families of those injured and fallen officers. I am so, so sorry for their loss. I hope the people in the community come together over this and realize that they must cooperate with police in order to reclaim their town.
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Mar 22nd, 2009, 06:45 AM	#4
missisa07 (Isabel) Joined: Jun 2007 Location: Hawaii Posts: 7,126	This is incredibly sad... RIP to those that passed and my prayers go out to the family, friends, and colleagues they left behind.
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Mar 22nd, 2009, 03:31 PM	#5
Irishgal Needs nothing Joined: Apr 2006 Location: Xe Posts: 11,263	The 4th officer has passed. Prayers to the family, friends and fellow officers. God speed gentlemen, your watch here has ended.
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Mar 22nd, 2009, 07:16 PM	#6
Roo OP lemme know Joined: Apr 2006 Location: Rue Roo Posts: 13,077	Fourth Oakland officer declared brain dead Matthew B. Stannard, Chronicle Staff Writer Sunday, March 22, 2009 More... (03-22) 12:15 PDT OAKLAND -- An Oakland Police officer shot Saturday during a series of gunbattles that claimed the lives of three other officers was declared brain dead this morning, Oakland police said today. Motorcycle officer John Hege, 41, had been in grave condition after being shot during a traffic stop at about 1:15 p.m. Saturday. He was pronounced dead at noon today, according to Oakland police spokesman Jeff Thomason. Hege's fellow motorcycle officer, Sgt. Mark Dunakin, died at the scene of that shooting. Two hours later, a SWAT team exchanged gunfire with a suspect in an apartment on 74th Avenue near Hillside Street. Two SWAT officers, Sgt. Ervin Romans and Sgt. Daniel Sakai, died in that battle as did the suspect, identified by police as Lovelle Mixon, 26. A fifth member of the SWAT team was also shot, treated for minor injuries and released. http://sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cg...MNCT16L53S.DTL
	__________________ I know now that there is no one thing that is true - it is all true. -Hemingway

Mar 22nd, 2009, 07:43 PM	#7
JBmom86 Sofa King Banned Joined: Jan 2009 Posts: 111	This is so very, very sad. RIP.
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Mar 22nd, 2009, 07:45 PM	#8
sooner_girl20 Member Joined: Jun 2007 Location: Sooner Land Posts: 1,067	how heartbreaking to read. RIP.

Mar 23rd, 2009, 02:05 PM	#9
Jahpson Member Joined: Aug 2007 Location: The Playground Posts: 25,722	omg, that is so scary! My half brother and my SO's older brother are both policemen!
	__________________

Mar 24th, 2009, 05:44 PM	#10
NoSnowHere ~LV L♥ve~ Joined: Feb 2007 Location: Sunshine State Posts: 5,920	This just makes me sick. This dude obviously had nothing to lose & no regard for human life. I hope he's burning up in hell right now.

Mar 30th, 2009, 04:14 AM	#11
kristie "H" is for horses? Joined: Oct 2006 Posts: 4,169	Thank you for posting Roo. I cannot even express the sadness and grief over the loss over these four amazing and kind officers. I am a police officer very very close to Oakland and this situation is heart wrenching. My prayers are with these officers, their families, coworkers and my fellow brothers and sisters in blue. It makes me sick. There were people CLAPPING AND CHEERING and DANCING over the traffic officer's bodies after they were shot and killed. Only TWO citizens even called 911. The officers memorial sites where they were shot have been covered in spray paint with the SUSPECT's name stating "RIP" Makes me literally sick. I need to remember that the animals that cheer and clap when an officer is killed are the minority, not the majority.
kristie "H" is for horses? Joined: Oct 2006 Posts: 4,169	__________________ Uh oh...I think I may be more in danger of buying a Hermes saddle than a Birkin....... There's no such thing as bad publicity........

Mar 30th, 2009, 05:30 AM	#12
zoharzohar Sofa King Banned Joined: Mar 2009 Posts: 110	^fox news did a special on this and had the head guy who organized those idiotic rally's, he also had the former mayor of SF on [both african american] and it was crazy what the guy who organized those marches said, he said that those cops deserved to be shot because oakland police are violent and like an army who force AA's males into jail without due cause. What a prick. Bill O'riley ripped him a new arse hole.
zoharzohar Sofa King Banned Joined: Mar 2009 Posts: 110

Mar 31st, 2009, 07:21 PM	#13
happeekore woot. Joined: Feb 2009 Location: San Jose, CA Posts: 240	My mom went to the funeral, It was great to see officers from so many states coming to pay their respect. Some pictures she took...
	__________________ ...I carry my life in my purse... Last edited by happeekore; Mar 31st, 2009 at 07:32 PM.

Apr 2nd, 2009, 09:25 AM	#15
NoSnowHere ~LV L♥ve~ Joined: Feb 2007 Location: Sunshine State Posts: 5,920	Does anyone know if the officers were wearing vests?

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