Oakland police shoot, kill armed man

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Oakland police shoot, kill armed man

An armed man was shot and killed by officers Saturday morning in Oakland, a police spokeswoman said.

The Oakland Police Department received a call at about 9:35 a.m. that a man was armed in the 5500 block of Taft Avenue, spokeswoman Holly Joshi said.

When officers arrived he was still armed with a weapon.

The man didn't comply and police shot and killed him, she said.

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