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Oakland Police Department Officer Involved Shooting March 21, 2009

Oakland Police Department Officer Involved Shooting March 21, 2009. OIS Initial Assessment - as of March 22, 2009 Facts and circumstances may change as more information becomes available Assistant Sheriff M. R. Hillmann. Killed in the Line of Duty EOW – March 21, 2009. Officer John Hege

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Oakland Police Department Officer Involved Shooting March 21, 2009

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  1. Oakland Police DepartmentOfficer Involved ShootingMarch 21, 2009 OIS Initial Assessment - as of March 22, 2009 Facts and circumstances may change as more information becomes available Assistant Sheriff M. R. Hillmann

  2. Killed in the Line of Duty EOW – March 21, 2009 Officer John Hege 41 years Sergeant Mark Dunakin 40 years, 18 years OPD Traffic Motor Officer Sergeant Ervin Romans 43 years, 13 years OPD SWAT Sergeant Daniel Sakai 35 years, 9 years OPD SWAT A fifth unidentified OPD Officer wounded - treated and released from Highland Hospital

  3. Summary… • 1308 hours • Motor officers initiated a "routine" traffic stop of a 1995 Buick in the 7400 block of MacArthur Boulevard in East Oakland - Adjacent to Eastmont Town Center. • 1315 hours • Reports of “Officers Down” - Sgt. Dunakin – KIA – shout in neck/Officer Hege – wounded shot in head. (NOTE: Dunakin family lives in Aliso Viejo and was assisted to airport by OCSD personnel) • 1530 hours • OPD, Alameda County Sheriff’s Office, BART Police and CHP conducted search. • Officers received anonymous tip - gunman inside a nearby apartment building - 74th Avenue near Hillside Street. • After repeated attempts to communicate with Mixon - OPD SWAT team entered apartment to clear and search - gunman opened fire. • Two members of the SWAT team killed - a third officer grazed by a bullet - SWAT Sergeants Sakai/Romans – KIA – assault rifle; SWAT Officer - grazed

  4. Never has our badge of honor meant so much… and hurt so much. Our hearts bleed painful tears… Anger and grief are mixed with pride and love, as all Share embraces that need no words. The action is over, for now; the police business continues, And our officers will not forget. Four officers were wrenched from life by the scourge of Violence in Oakland. In an act of mindless terror, four of our Finest were selected by fateful circumstance to be shot mercilessly. In the darkness of our sorrow, images of these fine men Flash inside our minds as we try to grasp the sense of it al. It is unavoidable to witness inside our thoughts anything but the Smiles, the good, and the affections of each of the officers who took our places.

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