OAKLAND, Calif. — Minutes after the city’s police chief wrapped up a press conference Monday decrying a grievous run of violence across the city, yet another person lay dead in West Oakland in what appeared to be the 100th killing so far this year.
The apparent homicide marked a grim milestone for Oakland, signaling the third straight year of triple-digit killings the city — a run of violence not seen in more than a decade.
The bloodshed has left city and state officials grasping for ideas to temper the violence.