What the records say
- When
- 21 Mar 2009
- Kind
- Shooting
- Coordinates
- 37.80° N, 122.25° W
- Description
- killings of police officers
- Injured
- 1
Placed at the area, not an exact site.
2009 shootings of Oakland police officers
Mass shooting in California, U.S.
Four police officers in Oakland, California, were fatally shot on March 21, 2009, by Lovelle Mixon, a convicted felon wanted on a no-bail warrant for a parole violation. Mixon shot and killed two police officers of the Oakland Police Department during a routine traffic stop. After escaping on foot to the nearby apartment of his sister, Mixon shot and killed two police SWAT team officers attempting to apprehend him.
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