{"id":291528,"date":"2026-04-29T14:07:00","date_gmt":"2026-04-29T14:07:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/291528\/"},"modified":"2026-04-29T14:07:00","modified_gmt":"2026-04-29T14:07:00","slug":"oakland-police-shoot-and-kill-armed-man","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/291528\/","title":{"rendered":"Oakland police shoot and kill armed man"},"content":{"rendered":"

A man who was allegedly brandishing a firearm on Auseon Avenue in East Oakland was shot and killed by Oakland police officers Monday afternoon, according to OPD.<\/p>\n

In a press release<\/a>, the department said it received several 911 calls around 4 p.m. from residents who said a man was pointing a firearm at people.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Officers located the suspect on the 1900 block of Auseon Avenue, a residential street filled with modest, single-family homes. According to OPD, the man pointed his gun at officers. The officers requested backup.<\/p>\n

The suspect then \u201cmoved to a yard in the 1800 block of 89th Avenue, where he again pointed the firearm at officers,\u201d according to OPD. \u201cOfficers then fired at him.\u201d<\/p>\n

The department says its officers provided the man with first aid, and he was transported to a hospital where he later died of his injuries.<\/p>\n

OPD did not say how many officers fired their guns during the incident.\u00a0<\/p>\n

The Oaklandside is unable to verify some of OPD\u2019s statements about the incident timeline because the department encrypted its radios last year<\/a>, eliminating the pubic\u2019s ability to listen in on police communications.<\/p>\n

Police have not identified the deceased man but said they recovered a firearm.
The last shooting involving OPD officers<\/a> was in February 2025, when residents on 92nd Avenue called to report a man who also was pointing a gun at people. Officers exchanged gunfire with the suspect, but no one was wounded.<\/p>\n

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Before joining The Oaklandside as News Editor, Darwin BondGraham was a freelance investigative reporter covering police and prosecutorial misconduct. He has reported on gun violence for The Guardian and was a staff writer for the East Bay Express. He holds a doctorate in sociology from UC Santa Barbara and was the co-recipient of the George Polk Award for local reporting in 2017. He is also the co-author of The Riders Come Out at Night, a book examining the Oakland Police Department’s history of corruption and reform.<\/p>\n

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