Oakland police engaged in standoff with shooting suspect

Authorities are responding to a shooting suspect who has barricaded himself in an apartment building at 74th Avenue and MacArthur Boulevard in Oakland this afternoon, according to police.

Officers remained in the area as of 4:10 p.m.

On March 21, four Oakland police officers were killed in a confrontation with an armed suspect that followed a traffic stop in the same area, at 74th Avenue and MacArthur Boulevard, according to police.

– Bay City News

 

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