Oakland Freeway Shootings Provoke Impassioned Plea For More Highway Surveillance

By Da Lin, CBS San Francisco:

OAKLAND (KPIX) — In the wake of deadly freeway shootings in Oakland, there’s a renewed push for freeway cameras on Interstate 880 and I-580. The CHP reports that many of the recent shootings happened on those two freeways. Yet, none of the Oakland freeways has cameras or license plate readers.

Some victims’ family members believe surveillance would have made a big difference in their case.

Marcus Tyner is grieving the death of close friend Gene Ransom, an East Bay basketball star who was inducted to the Cal Athletics Hall of Fame in 2001.

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