Oakland police shot a person who they say was armed, and two officers were injured, during an early morning traffic stop in Oakland’s Little Saigon neighborhood Friday.
According to a press release from the Oakland Police Department, patrol officers were conducting a traffic stop around 3:15 a.m. at the 1200 block of Ninth Avenue when they saw a gun “in plain view.”
Police say the driver tried to flee, dragging one officer and pinning another between their vehicle and a parked car. An officer then fired, shooting the suspect, according to OPD. Police performed life-saving measures until paramedics arrived.
The two officers and the suspect were each taken to nearby hospitals and are all listed in “stable condition,” police said.
Both officers will be placed on paid administrative leave, per department policy. OPD, the Alameda County District Attorney’s Office, and the Community Police Review Agency are each investigating the shooting.
OPD did not immediately respond to questions from The Oaklandside regarding what prompted the traffic stop, how much time passed between when the stop was initiated and when the officer opened fire, and whether the officers and the suspect are expected to make a full recovery.
OPD is expected to release more details this afternoon.
This is a developing story. Check back for updates.
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Roselyn Romero covers public safety for The Oaklandside. She was previously The Oaklandside’s small business reporter as a 2023-24 Poynter-Koch Media & Journalism Fellow. Before joining the team, she was an investigative intern at NBC Bay Area and the inaugural intern for the Global Investigations team of The Associated Press through a partnership with the Ida B. Wells Society for Investigative Reporting. She graduated from Cal Poly San Luis Obispo in 2022 with a bachelor’s in journalism and minors in Spanish, ethnic studies, and women’s & gender studies. She is a proud daughter of Filipino immigrants and was born and raised in Oxnard, California.