“Occupy Oakland” protesters were given a notice by city officials Thursday to vacate Frank Ogawa Plaza, but the order was not enforced overnight and demonstrators say they don’t plan on leaving.The encampment, inspired by New York’s “Occupy Wall Street” protests, began with a large rally in the plaza on Oct. 10 and has grown into a miniature city with a series of tarps, tents, shelves and tables, as well as a library, children’s area and makeshift garden.
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A man who was one of two people found fatally stabbed in a burning home in Oakland two weeks ago was identified by police today as 73-year-old John Gilbert Navaerette, of Oakland.The bodies were found when firefighters responded to a fire at a two-story building in the 3100 block of Coolidge Avenue at about 1 a.m. on Sept. 11, police said.Navaerette and 56-year-old Renee Washington were found in a residential unit on the second floor.
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Two shootings were reported in East Oakland on Sunday evening, but both victims are expected to survive, police said.The first shooting happened just before 6 p.m. in the 1500 block of 55th Avenue. The victim suffered superficial injuries and was not taken to a hospital, police said.
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One person was killed and another was critically injured in a shooting near Children’s Hospital in Oakland this morning, a police spokeswoman said.The shooting was reported around 11 a.m. in the 800 block of 52nd Street, about a block and a half from the hospital, spokeswoman Johnna Watson said.Two victims, both males, were struck by the gunfire. One succumbed to his injuries while the other is at a hospital with life-threatening injuries, Watson said.
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A victim with multiple gunshot wounds drove about four blocks to an Oakland police substation before he was taken to a hospital this morning, an Oakland police officer said.Around 3:50 a.m., the victim had been shot multiple times near 69th Avenue and MacArthur Boulevard. The victim then drove injured to a nearby police station at 2651 73rd Ave. and was then taken to the hospital in stable condition, Officer Kevin McDonald said.
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An emotionally disturbed man was taken into custody this morning after barricading himself inside an Oakland home with a shotgun, a police spokeswoman said.The standoff started at a home in the 2500 block of East 23rd Street near 25th Avenue, Oakland police spokeswoman Cynthia Perkins said.It ended shortly after 8:30 a.m. when the man came out and was arrested with the assistance of a bean bag weapon fired by an officer, Perkins said.
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A man died after a shooting Wednesday evening in Oakland, Oakland police said.A man was pronounced dead at the scene after a shooting was reported around 7:20 p.m. near 77th and Bancroft avenues, Oakland police said. He had suffered a gunshot wound.No suspect information was available, police said.
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An attempted robbery has developed into a homicide investigation after a man was shot to death Sunday afternoon, Oakland police said.Officers responded to the shooting at 103rd Avenue and International Boulevard around 12:55 p.m. and found the man suffering from a life-threatening gunshot wound, Oakland police Officer Kevin McDonald said.He was transported to a hospital, where he later died from his injuries, McDonald said.
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Several shootings that occurred in Oakland between Monday night and this morning that left one man dead and four other men hospitalized don’t appear to be related, a police spokeswoman said.
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Four violent events that took place across Oakland early this morning left one man dead and three other men hospitalized, police said.At 12:06 a.m., officers responded to a report of gunshots heard in the 1800 block of 79th Avenue, which is near the Arroyo Viejo Park. Officers found an unresponsive man whom medical crew then pronounced dead, Officer J. Moore said.
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