OAKLAND, Calif. – Two men died and a police officer was injured on Monday after the men crashed an allegedly stolen vehicle into a patrol SUV in East Oakland, according to two sources.
The East Bay Times first reported the news.
The crash happened about 11:10 a.m. on E. 12th Street in the area of 29th Avenue. A massive police presence was out at the scene, under the elevated BART tracks, where the event occurred.
A KTVU source and the East Bay Times reported that the two men were in a Chevy Tahoe SUV that was speeding on E. 12th Street when it hit the marked Oakland police SUV.
Police said they later discovered the car the two drove was stolen.
A source told KTVU that the Oakland Housing Authority police officer spotted the Chevy Tahoe driving erratically and officers tried initially to stop it, but ultimately did not chase the SUV when it sped away.
The SUV then continued eastbound on E. 12th Street when it veered out of control and hit the marked patrol SUV, the source said. The SUV was still on scene early Monday afternoon, flipped over in the middle of the street.
The two men inside were thrown from the stolen car. One of them ended up in the center median underneath elevated BART tracks, the East Bay Times reported. The other man landed on the pavement in front of the crashed SUV.
Both died at the scene.
The injured officer had not been involved in the call.
Oakland police investigate a deadly scene at E. 12th Street where two stolen vehicle suspects died. June 8, 2026