Oakland Police Shut Down Streets, Lock Down Middle School

Oakland police shut down streets and locked down a middle school while trying to awaken a man sleeping in a car with a gun-shaped lighter on the passenger seat this morning.

An Oakland schools police officer found the man sleeping in a car in the 3700 block of 13th Avenue at about 10 a.m. with what appeared to be a gun in the front passenger seat, Oakland police said. Oakland police and school district officers locked down the nearby Edna Brewer Middle School and set up a perimeter around the sleeping man.

They gave the man directions over a loudspeaker, police said. The man sat up, complied with the directions of the officers, and got out of the car. He was taken into custody and officers found a small silver lighter shaped like a gun in the passenger seat, police said.

The events echoed the circumstances of the police shooting death of 30-year-old Demouria Hogg last month. Hogg was allegedly found unconscious in a car near Lake Merritt the morning of June 6. Police cordoned off the area and ordered Hogg out of the car.

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He did not respond, but when police moved in, there was a confrontation and he was shot. Police have not elaborated on the confrontation that led to Hogg’s death.

By Bay City News