Faith community rallies in effort to slow down city’s spike in deadly gun violence
OAKLAND, California (KPIX) Police officials and Oakland faith leaders joined forces Sunday at a rally calling for an end to the spike in gun violence that has sent the city’s homicide rate skyrocketing.
Police Chief LeRonne Armstrong told KPIX 5 that he hasn’t seen a year this deadly in a long time. There have been 54 homicides so far this year, that’s more than double compared to the same time last year.
So Armstrong and dozens of community members attended a vibrant prayer vigil in North Oakland’s Bushrod Park Sunday evening. The different churches decided to join forces to pray for peace after a bloody five months.
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DA charges Oakland man with murder in killing of father of two kids
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The Alameda County district attorney filed murder charges Friday against an Oakland man in the fatal shooting of a father who was picking up his two young children from youth football practice at an Oakland park.
Daniel Stith, 36, of Oakland, faces one count of murder in the killing of Reuben Lewis III at Concordia Park on 64th Avenue in Oakland on Wednesday afternoon, according to charging documents provided to The Chronicle.
Stith was seen on video surveillance leaving the park after the shooting, and he turned himself in to San Leandro police at around 9:30 p.m., just hours later, according to records and police.