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Twenty-five people were killed, and 150 people were injured, with nearly 4,000 homes destroyed. The economic losses have been estimated at $1.5 billion. The economic losses, in combination with injuries and loss of life, make this the worst urban firestorm in American history. Many of the original homes were rebuilt on a much larger scale. [65 ...
Prima donna of comic opera who shot and killed a set designer and then shot herself [5] 4: Pacific Air Lines Flight 773: Contra Costa County: 1964-05-07: 44: Pilot of airliner shot during flight causing plane to crash [6] 5: 1965 Highway 101 sniper attack: Orcutt: 1965-04-25: 4: 16-year-old youth opened fire on cars traveling along the 101 ...
On April 2, 2012, a mass shooting occurred inside Oikos University, a Korean Christian college in Oakland, California, United States. Seven people were killed, and three others were injured. [2] One L. Goh, a former student at the school, was taken into custody and identified as the suspect in the shooting.
Twenty-five people were killed, 150 people were injured, and nearly 4,000 homes destroyed. With the loss of life and an estimated economic loss of US$ 1.5 billion, this was the worst urban firestorm in American history, until 2017. [66] [67] During the mid-1990s, Oakland's economy began to recover as it transitioned to new types of jobs.
Laguna Woods, California: 2022-05-15: 1: 5: Hate crime at a church. 2022 Oakland school shooting: Oakland: 2022-09-28: 1: 5: Mass shooting, unsolved and alleged by police to be gang-related. 2022 Oakland party shooting: Oakland: 2023-01-16: 2: 2: Two juveniles held. 2023 Goshen shooting: Goshen: 2023-01-16: 6: 0: Unsolved alleged cartel ...
David Esco Welch (born 1957/1958) is an American mass murderer who shot and killed six people during a home invasion of his girlfriend's house in Oakland, California on December 8, 1986. [1] [2] [3] Welch was sentenced to death and remains on death row awaiting execution.
David Edwin Mason (December 2, 1956 – August 24, 1993) was an American serial killer who killed at least four elderly people between March and December 1980 in Oakland, California, his cellmate in 1982 and possibly his male lover.
Mervin Harmon, a 39-year-old Black man, was shot to death in Oakland on April 16, 2021. [10] [11] [12] At 3:20 a.m. on April 16, 2021, Natasha LaTour, a 46-year-old Black woman, was approached by the gunman at an encampment in Park and Union streets in Stockton. LaTour described the perpetrator as a man who wore dark clothing and a face mask.