{"id":213402,"date":"2026-03-10T17:35:09","date_gmt":"2026-03-10T17:35:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/213402\/"},"modified":"2026-03-10T17:35:09","modified_gmt":"2026-03-10T17:35:09","slug":"oakland-mass-shooting-leaves-community-in-shock","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/213402\/","title":{"rendered":"Oakland Mass Shooting Leaves Community in Shock"},"content":{"rendered":"

\u201cShe built a relationship with all of these children,\u201d DeGarcia said, one \u201csevered so quickly at what\u2019s supposed to be starting the fun time of their eighth-grade year.\u201d<\/p>\n

Caliber Beta Academy assistant and substitute teacher Paulie \u201cCoach K\u201d Kennedy said he often assisted Bobo when she was busy. Kennedy said Bobo was a teacher whom he aspires to be like, having frequently asked her for advice.<\/p>\n

\u201cShe was strict as she expected a lot out of you,\u201d Kennedy said. \u201cShe would ask questions that made you think inside and introspectively and think, \u2018How can I better myself?\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n

If Caliber asked him to fill her position, Kennedy said, he would honor her legacy by pushing the students to be the best they can be.<\/p>\n

\u201cSometimes they say when people are called above, it means it\u2019s their time,\u201d Kennedy added. \u201cThey\u2019ve done enough good on this earth, and she\u2019s one of those few people.\u201d<\/p>\n

\"\"Friends and family of the late Latetia Bobo release balloons at her vigil in Oakland on March 9, 2026. Latetia Bobo was one of two victims who died in a mass shooting in Oakland on Saturday March 7. (T\u00e2m V\u0169\/KQED)<\/p>\n

Sofala Mayfield, a music producer, called Bobo by her stage name: \u201cTeesh<\/a>.\u201d He was with her at a First Friday event, the night before she was killed, Mayfield said, but they parted ways around 8 p.m. when his daughter got tired.<\/p>\n

Mayfield questioned how the bar, EZ\u2019s Lounge, was still open \u2014 he cited the California code<\/a> prohibiting sale of alcohol past 2 a.m. and called for the city of Oakland to take accountability.<\/p>\n

\u201cLaw-abiding citizens don\u2019t want to be held hostage by the violence and dysfunction that\u2019s taking place in this city right now,\u201d Mayfield said. He said online comments suggesting that victims of gun violence \u2018shouldn\u2019t have been outside\u2019\u00a0 make it seem as if \u201cit\u2019s a crime to enjoy your life in the city of Oakland.\u201d<\/p>\n

According to Alameda County Sheriff\u2019s Office Sergeant Roberto Morales, there is a \u201chold on all information on the shooting.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"\u201cShe built a relationship with all of these children,\u201d DeGarcia said, one \u201csevered so quickly at what\u2019s supposed…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":213403,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[34],"tags":[143,145,144],"class_list":["post-213402","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-oakland","tag-oakland","tag-oakland-headlines","tag-oakland-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/213402","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=213402"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/213402\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/213403"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=213402"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=213402"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=213402"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}