Crime & Safety
Update: Oakland Youth Football Coach Describes Chaos When Shots Rang Out At Game
"I heard gunshots and I had to take cover and get the kids down with me," said Walter Orr, president of the Oakland Dynamites team.
August 2, 2022
The coach for local youth football on Monday described the chaos that unfolded when a shooting injured three people during a game at Oakland Technical High Sunday afternoon.
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The two teams of kids were playing the game they love on the football field Sunday at around 1 p.m. when shots rang out in front of hundreds of people watching the game at the Oakland high school.
"I heard gunshots and I had to take cover and get the kids down with me," said Walter Orr, who Is president of the Oakland Dynamites Football team. He's known as Coach Chewy. "A lot of us had to lay on the ground and do what we can to protect them, basically."
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