Editorials

OAKLAND – The Labor Day weekend was no break from the violence that is patterning this year as one of the bloodiest in Oakland’s history. 

Sunday night, a 26-year-old woman was shot and killed by a former boyfriend at her home on the 1700 block of 23rd Ave, according to the Oakland Police Department. The suspect later phoned the department and turned himself in, police reported. 

The shooting represents the 76th homicide in Oakland this year, significantly more than the number of homicides at the same time last year. 

Later Sunday night police responded to another shooting on the 5100 block of West Street in west Oakland. The incident was not fatal, and the male victim, whose name was not immediately released, was reported to be in stable condition at Highland Hospital. 

On Saturday evening, a 17-year-old Oakland man was shot to death on the 900 block of Mandela Parkway, police reported. No suspects have been identified. 

On Friday night, Georgia McIntyre, 68, of Oakland was killed after being hit by a motor home that had been stolen from a dealership in south Oakland, according to police. No suspects have been identified. 

-Compiled from staff and wire reports