Wounded OPD Sergeant Undergoes Second Surgery

A veteran Oakland police sergeant who was shot in a fatal confrontation with a sexual assault suspect early this morning is undergoing a second surgery but is in stable condition, police said.

The shooting occurred outside a home in the 3800 block of Martin Luther King Jr. Way, near the MacArthur BART station, at about 1:30 a.m. today, police said.

he sergeant, who has been with the Oakland Police Department for 14 years, and an officer who has only been with the department for a year fired shots that killed the 49-year-old suspect after the suspect opened fire on them, police said.

Earlier:

• Oakland Police Officer Shot With Rifle, Suspect Killed

The sergeant and the officer came to the residence to investigate a report of a sexual assault that had occurred earlier in the evening, according to police. While the officers were in front of the residence, the suspect, whose name has not yet been released, came out and began shooting at the sergeant and the officer with an assault rifle, police said. The sergeant and the officer returned fire and struck the suspect, who was taken to a hospital, where he was pronounced dead, according to police.

The sergeant was also taken to a hospital.

Oakland Mayor Libby Schaaf is among the people who have visited him there, according to a spokesman for Schaaf. The rifle that the suspect allegedly used was recovered from the scene and no additional suspects are being sought in the case, Oakland Police Chief Sean Whent said.

The shooting is the fourth involving Oakland police this year and the second resulting in a fatality, he said.

The shooting is being investigated by the Oakland Police Department’s homicide and internal affairs units and by the Alameda County District Attorney’s Office. Oakland police said anyone with information about the shooting should call the homicide unit at (510) 238-7230.

Police said they won’t provide any additional information about the incident until Tuesday morning.

--Bay City News