{"id":211400,"date":"2026-03-09T09:29:17","date_gmt":"2026-03-09T09:29:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/211400\/"},"modified":"2026-03-09T09:29:17","modified_gmt":"2026-03-09T09:29:17","slug":"beloved-east-bay-teacher-identified-as-victim-in-fatal-downtown-oakland-shooting-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/211400\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2018Beloved\u2019 East Bay teacher identified as victim in fatal Downtown Oakland shooting"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">The Brief<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">English language arts teacher Latetia Bobo, 33, was killed in a mass shooting at a Downtown Oakland bar.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Bobo taught eighth grade at the Caliber: Beta Academy in San Pablo.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">OPD officers detained several people at the scene and recovered several firearms, but the department did not say whether anyone was arrested in connection with the shooting.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">OAKLAND, Calif. &#8211; An eighth grade teacher at a San Pablo charter school has been identified as one of two victims killed early Saturday morning in a mass shooting at a Downtown Oakland bar.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.caliberschools.org\/schools\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Caliber Public Schools;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">Caliber Public Schools<\/a> \u2013 a charter school with two campuses in San Pablo and Vallejo \u2013 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/DVopeb2Fu6d\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:announced on Instagram;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">announced on Instagram<\/a> Sunday afternoon that Latetia Bobo, 33, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ktvu.com\/news\/2-killed-5-injured-downtown-oakland-shooting-investigation-underway\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:was shot and killed at EZ\u2019s Lounge;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">was shot and killed at EZ\u2019s Lounge<\/a>, a bar located at 412 14th St.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Bobo taught English language arts at the charter school\u2019s Caliber: Beta Academy campus in San Pablo.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">&#8220;Ms. Bobo was such a special part of our community, deeply cherished by her students, their families, and her colleagues,&#8221; Caliber Public Schools said.&#8221; Whether it was supporting a student, connecting with a family, or collaborating with a teammate, she did so with intention and heart. She was an incredible educator and an even more incredible human being who truly valued relationships and community.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">The backstory<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Oakland Police Department officers were called just after 3:30 a.m. on Saturday to EZ&#8217;s Lounge on reports of the shooting and found the seven victims injured at the scene, according to a department statement.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">&#8220;I didn\u2019t even hear the gun shots, I just heard like 100 people running,&#8221; said a tattoo artist who goes by the name Kuzi and who was inside Oakland Ink a few doors down. &#8220;There were a lot of people crying, screaming, the whole street was blocked off.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Bobo died at the scene, while an unidentified 25-year-old man died at a hospital.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">OPD officers detained several people at the scene and recovered several firearms, but the department did not say whether anyone was arrested in connection with the shooting.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">What they&#8217;re saying<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">&#8220;We know that Ms. Bobo has touched many lives, and we will continue to honor her legacy through the love, compassion, and dedication she showed every day,&#8221; Caliber Public Schools said in a statement. &#8220;During this time, we ask that you keep the Bobo family in your thoughts and prayers.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">The Source<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Caliber Public Schools, previous KTVU reporting<\/p>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/www.instagram.com\/embed.js\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Brief English language arts teacher Latetia Bobo, 33, was killed in a mass shooting at a Downtown&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":211401,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[34],"tags":[97166,97167,26350,8520,51195,97165,7677,143,145,144,11006],"class_list":["post-211400","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-oakland","tag-beta-academy","tag-caliber-public-schools","tag-charter-school","tag-downtown-oakland","tag-english-language-arts","tag-latetia-bobo","tag-mass-shooting","tag-oakland","tag-oakland-headlines","tag-oakland-news","tag-san-pablo"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/211400","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=211400"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/211400\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/211401"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=211400"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=211400"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=211400"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}