Victim of mysterious West Oakland homicide once beat a murder case over deadly gang rivalry
Bryant Walton, a 39-year-old Oakland man who went by “Mook Mook,” was killed not far from the location where he was accused ...
A Union City man allegedly urinated on teen’s grave, igniting Oakland gang rivalry and crime spree that ended in boy’s murder
After killing a 17-year-old boy, Jacobi Gaines allegedly posted a song on Instagram with the lyrics, “we hit him in the chest ...
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Gang Member Who Killed USC Student in Botched Robbery Pleads No Contest to Murder
Victor McElhaney, the son of an Oakland, CA politician, was shot dead near his University of Southern California March 10, ...
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Gang-related shooting at Oakland school prompts calls to end gun violence
A 12-year-old was arrested. Ongoing conflict between gangs or groups in Oakland has been driving a recent surge in violence, Armstrong said. Police had responded to the Rudsdale campus in August for ...
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Four leaders of California prison gang Nuestra Familia convicted of racketeering
Four leaders of the notorious prison gang Nuestra Familia were convicted of racketeering by a federal jury in Oakland on ...
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Suspected gang member pleads no contest in 2019 killing of USC music student
A gang member pleaded no contest to first-degree murder charges in the killing of a USC student and jazz drummer during an ...
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Crime and Public Safety
OAKLAND — A day after he murdered a teen boy amid a feud between two warring gangs, Jacobi Gaines got on social media as he’d done frequently over the prior two weeks, authorities say.