Thanks for that post.
I’m gonna check the CBS 5 site and see if they still have 5 dead there or if it has been changed.
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Nope.. They still have
Mar 21, 2009 7:08 pm US/Pacific
4 Oakland Officers Fatally Shot, Gunman Dead
OAKLAND (CBS 5/BCN/KCBS)
http://cbs5.com/local/shooting.officer.oakland.2.964784.html
Dozens of police officers block an intersection in East Oakland during an intense manhunt for the suspect who shot officers during a traffic stop.
Law enforcement sources said that four officers are dead, along with a suspect after a traffic stop led to a massive manhunt in the streets of East Oakland.
It all began with the the fatal shooting of two officers during a traffic stop near 73rd and Hillside Streets, around 1 p.m. Saturday. The gunman fled and police closed off the surrounding streets to traffic while dozens of Oakland police, California Highway Patrol officers and Alameda County sheriff deputies conducted an intense search for the suspect.
At about 3:10 p.m., a SWAT team confronted the suspect barricaded inside an apartment building close to location of the first shooting. Gunfire was exchanged between the two parties, fatally wounding two more officers, and killing the suspect.
oakland tribune has it
THREE OFFICERS DEAD, SUSPECT KILLED IN EAST OAKLAND GUN BATTLES
http://www.insidebayarea.com/oaklandtribune/ci_11967257
OAKLAND — Three Oakland police officers were shot to death, one in is critically injured in two separate incidents involving one suspect near the Eastmont police substation this afternoon, a police spokesperson said.
Initial reports from law enforcement sources had stated that four officers were killed. However, police revised that statement a short time ago.
The first shooting happened in the 7400 block of MacArthur Boulevard about 1:16 p.m. today when two motorcycle officers were wounded. What led to the shooting was not immediately known.
About 3:20 p.m., two more police officers were wounded in an exchange of gunfire with the suspect while trying to take him into custody in the 2700 block of 74th Avenue. That suspect was shot and killed.
Oh no