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Two Police Shootings in Oakland Within 18 Hours

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An Oakland Police Department vehicle is parked at the scene of a California Highway Patrol officer-involved shooting on Jan. 21, 2014. The shooting happened in the early morning near East 15th Street and 57th Avenue in East Oakland. (Alex Emslie/KQED)
An Oakland Police Department vehicle is parked at the scene of a CHP officer-involved shooting on Jan. 21, 2014. The shooting happened in the early morning near East 15th Street and 57th Avenue in East Oakland. (Alex Emslie/KQED)

Two separate police pursuits in East Oakland ended in death Tuesday, as California Highway Patrol officers shot and killed two armed suspects.

The San Francisco Chronicle described the incidents as "the latest in a series of violent encounters involving the agency in a city where it has maintained a heavy presence in recent years."

CHP spokesman Daniel Hill told KQED: "Unfortunately, these incidents always occur because the suspect, for whatever reason, chooses to ignore the commands of the officer and does not comply with their requests or commands."

 

 

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