Oakland Police Chief LeRonne Armstrong on Monday described the violence that occurred during the Christmas holiday weekend, including the city's 134th homicide of the year, an officer-involved shooting and other shootings, robberies and armed carjackings.
occurred near Oakland's Lake Merritt on Christmas Eve on Lakeshore Avenue near 1st Avenue not far from where a woman was shot dead last month. That man suffered from gunshot wounds and was pronounced dead at Highland Hospital, Armstrong said. The chief did not identify who was killed or announce if anyone has been arrested, though he did say the department now had a 47% clearance rate.
But, "we have seen an increase in crime in that area, and we've seen a greater presence, particularly in the late night hours."Oakland Police Chief LeRonne Armstrong detailed how the department plans to combat crime around Lake Merritt. "We had overtime units working in the area, walking and high visibility patrol starting off in the early afternoon hours," he said. "In addition, we also had resources coming in the late evening, early morning hours of the following day. So we're utilizing overtime as well as our community resource officers…and patrol to address the crime and make sure there's a police presence.
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