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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.
When the time of the verdict announcement was announced, many people packed BART trains to leave Oakland in fear of unrest, and Interstates 880 and 980 had heavy traffic. [174] Multiple peaceful gatherings were held throughout Oakland after the verdict was announced, and sporadic conflicts were quelled quickly by the police early in the evening.
On July 22, 2018, three sisters, Nia, Letifah and Tashiya Wilson, [2] were attacked by a man wielding a knife, later identified as John Cowell, after exiting a Bay Area Rapid Transit (BART) train at MacArthur station in Oakland, California. 18-year-old Nia Wilson died after her throat was slashed. Her older sister, Letifah, was stabbed in the ...
O'Farrell was laid to rest at Evergreen Cemetery after approximately a thousand people, including his wife Teddy and son, attended his funeral in East Oakland on June 11, 1989. [26] Two Aryan Brotherhood members charged in connection with O'Farrell's death, Aaron "Jerry" Marsh and Michael Bruce "Tank" Shepherd, were arrested in the following weeks.
People who worked for YBMB were considered "members" of the business and the mosque from which the bakery had grown. [18] From a young age, Yusuf had run-ins with the law, including at the age of 15 in 2001, when he was arrested in El Cerrito for failing to stop at a stop sign and possessing a loaded firearm magazine. [15]
Longtime “Deadliest Catch” cast member Nick McGlashan has reportedly died at age 33. The TV star died Sunday in Nashville, Tennessee, TMZ reported, citing confirmations from both a medical ...
Fruitvale Station is a 2013 American biographical drama film written and directed by Ryan Coogler.It is Coogler's feature directorial debut, and is based on the events leading to the death of Oscar Grant, a young man killed in 2009 by Bay Area Rapid Transit (BART) police officer Johannes Mehserle at the Fruitvale district BART station in Oakland, California.
Chauncey Wendell Bailey Jr. (October 20, 1949 – August 2, 2007) was an American journalist noted for his work primarily on issues of the African-American community. He served as editor-in-chief of the Oakland Post in Oakland, California, from June 2007 until his murder. [1]