Faith community rallies in effort to slow down city’s spike in deadly gun violence
OAKLAND, California (KPIX) Police officials and Oakland faith leaders joined forces Sunday at a rally calling for an end to the spike in gun violence that has sent the city’s homicide rate skyrocketing.
Police Chief LeRonne Armstrong told KPIX 5 that he hasn’t seen a year this deadly in a long time. There have been 54 homicides so far this year, that’s more than double compared to the same time last year.
So Armstrong and dozens of community members attended a vibrant prayer vigil in North Oakland’s Bushrod Park Sunday evening. The different churches decided to join forces to pray for peace after a bloody five months.
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Unsolved Homicide: Teen s funeral held on what would have been his 19th birthday
Teen killed by stray bullet, Oakland police investigating unsolved homicide
A college student from Oakland was killed by a stray bullet less than 2 weeks ago. Demetrius Roosevelt Fleming-Davis would have turned 19 on Thursday but instead, his family held his funeral.
OAKLAND, Calif. - Family members said goodbye Thursday to a young man who would have celebrated his 19th birthday on this day.
Oakland Police say a stray bullet killed Demetrius Roosevelt Fleming-Davis.
Investigators are asking for help in finding the person who killed the college student. When I saw him lying there in a casket, it just brought tears to my eyes. I couldn t stop crying even though I was officiating, says Joseph Cotton Junior who mentored Demetrius.
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An 18-year-old college student was struck, killed by a stray bullet in Oakland. Police seek public s help
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This undated photograph shows Demetrius Roosevelt Fleming, 18, who died on April 10, 2021 after a stray bullet struck him in the area of 68th Avenue and International Boulevard in Oakland, according to Oakland Police Department.Courtesy of Oakland Police
Oakland police are asking the public for tips in the unsolved homicide of an 18-year-old man who was hit by a stray bullet from a shooting on April 10, authorities said Thursday.
Demetrius Roosevelt Fleming, who police said would have been 19 on Thursday, was a passenger in a truck with friends who were traveling in the area of 68th Avenue and International Boulevard at 6:37 p.m. when a stray bullet from a “unrelated shooting” struck him.